《书谱》一书概括了篆、隶、今草、章草等多种书体的基本特点，及其具体要求：“

篆尚婉而通，

隶欲精而密，

草贵流而畅，

章务检而便。”

并揭示了各体之间的相互联系：“

草不兼真，殆于专谨；

真不通草，殊非翰札。

真以点画为形质，使转为情性；

草以点画为情性，使转为形质。”

认为学习楷、草也应从其它各体中吸取营养，以致“

旁通二篆，

俯贯八分，

包括篇章，

涵泳飞白”。

其次，以“执、使、转、用”四字概述了书法技巧原理上的核心问题：“今撰执、使、转、用之由，以祛未悟。执，谓深浅长短之类是也；使，谓纵横牵掣之类是也。”

所谓执，即执笔，有执得深、浅、长短之分；

所谓使，即运笔，有左、右、提、按之类。

所谓转，即运笔中的萦纡回绕，曲折呼应；

所谓用，即用点画来结字，有向背相让等。揭示了书法入门的要领。

再者，分析了“违而不犯，和而不同”等和谐与变化、守法与创新的关系，又提出了“

凛之以风神，

温之以妍润，

鼓之以枯劲，

和之以闲雅”

“凛”与“温”相济，“鼓”与“和”互补，以取得刚柔结合，枯润并举的艺术效果。凡此种种，都充满了艺术辩证法。

《书谱》还提出：“

初学分布，但求平正；

既知平正，务追险绝；

既能险绝，复归平正”

以及“

初谓未及，

中则过之，

后乃通会。

通会之际，

人书俱老”的过程，道出了学习书法“由平至险，再由险至平”的三个阶段。此外，孙过庭认识到：汉唐以来论书者“多涉浮华，莫不外状其形，内迷其理”，故撰是书，“窥其根源，析其枝派”。于运笔之道详加阐述，因此，后人亦有称之为“运笔论”的。可见，《书谱》也是一部关于书法技巧理论的专著。

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孙过庭《书谱卷》，纸本，纵26.5 公分，横900.8 公分，台北故宫博物院藏。

孙过庭（活动于七世纪后期），一说名虔礼，字过庭，河南陈留人，一说名过庭，字虔礼，浙江富阳人。根据本卷自题，为吴郡人，名过庭。出身寒微，迟至不惑之年始出任率府录事参军之职，以性高洁遭谗议而去官。之后，遂专注于书法研究。

本卷卷首题：“书谱卷上。吴郡孙过庭撰”，卷尾题：“垂拱三年写记”。内容主要为书学体验、书谱撰写要旨及学习书法的一些基本原则。一般认为本（上）卷为“序”，宋元明时分为两卷，入严嵩之手时，装为一卷。下卷为“谱”，作者生前未能完成。

孙过庭专习王羲之草书，笔法精熟，唐代无人能与他相比。本卷纸墨精好，神彩焕发，不仅是一篇文辞优美的书学理论，也是草书艺术的理想典范。

卷中融合质朴与妍美书风，运笔中锋侧锋并用，笔锋或藏或露，忽起忽倒，随时都在变化，令人目不暇给。笔势纵横洒脱，达到心手相忘之境。

墨迹本，《书谱》，唐孙过庭撰并书。书于垂拱三年（687），草书，纸本。纵27.2厘米，横898.24厘米。每纸16至18行不等，每行8至12字，共351行，3500余字。衍文70余字，“汉末伯英”下阙30字，“心不厌精”下阙30字。《书谱》在宋内府时尚有上、下二卷，下卷散失后，现传世只上卷。藏北京故宫博物院。

宋薛绍彭有刻本，可补今墨迹本所缺之文。

孙氏在数十年的书法实践中，认为汉唐以来论书者“多涉浮华，莫不外状其形，内迷其理。”因撰《书谱》一卷，于运笔评加阐述，故唐宋间亦称为《运笔论》。《书谱》真迹，流传有绪，原藏宋内府，钤有“宣和”、“政和”。宋徽宗题签。后归孙承泽，又归安岐，后归清内府，旧藏故宫博物院，现藏台湾，俗称真迹本《书谱》。有影印本出版。《书谱》是中国书学史上一篇划时代的书法论著，提出他著名的书法观：“古不乖时，今不同弊”，为书法美学理论奠定了基础。在书法艺术上的成就是与他在书法理论上的成就相统一的。