董其昌的一生,虽然始终不忘仕途,但也是偶尔逮到朝野清明的时候才出仕,大部分时间,他都在家乡潜心于书画。最初,董其昌练习书法是“不得已而为之”。科举时代,字写得好不好是衡量一个文人的重要标准之一。然而,入得其门,董其昌就被书法艺术的妙处所吸引了。学书法,必从临帖开始,董其昌当然也不例外,对古代名家墨迹,他临摹学习得十分认真。他在《画禅室随笔》曾自述学书经过:“初师颜平原《多宝塔》,又改学虞永兴,以为唐书不如晋魏,遂仿《黄庭经》及钟元常《宣示表》《力命表》《还示帖》《舍丙帖》,凡三年,自 Dong Qichang’s life, although never forget the career, but also occasionally caught when the Ming and Qing dynasties was out of office, most of the time, he devoted himself to painting and calligraphy in his hometown. Initially, Dong Qichang practice calligraphy is ”a last resort.“ In the imperial civil examinations, writing well or bad is one of the important criteria for measuring a literati. However, Dong Qichang was enthralled by the beauty of calligraphy art. Learn calligraphy, will start from temporary posts, Dong Qichang, of course, is no exception, the ink of ancient famous, he copy learning very seriously. He wrote a book in the ”Painting Zen Notes“ and read the book after reading: ”The First Teacher Yen Ping“ multi-pagoda ”, but also changed Yu Yung-hsing, thinking that the Tang book is not as good as the Jin and Wei, then imitating“ Huang Tingjing ”and Zhong Yuanchang’s“ Life Table ”“ also shows posts ”“ Sheping posts ”, where three years, since