三年前,一次偶然的机会,与友人一道翻阅《第五届中国书法篆刻展览作品集》,从头至尾通读再三,结果却大大出乎自己的意料——在全部479件书法作品中,最吸引我注意力的却是那位我向来觉得平淡无奇而并无过多注意的长者——启功的作品。从此,我便时时留意这位当代大家的作品了(不久前,我再次翻出那本作品集,从头至尾逐页通读,以检查数年前的感觉是否出了差错,结果一如三年前)。 Three years ago, by chance, I went through the collection of works of the Fifth China Calligraphy and Seal Cutting with my friends and read through again and again. The result was far beyond my expectation. Of all the 479 calligraphic works, What caught my attention was the work of Qigong, an elder whom I had always found plain and without much attention. Since then, I have always paid attention to the works of this contemporary man (not long ago, I once again opened the book, page by page read through from beginning to end to check if the feeling of a few years ago went wrong, the result of three years before).