从表面字义理解，书法指书写的法度。生活中，书法一词另具备以下含义：第一，某幅书写作品的代称或者所有书写作品的统称；第二，一种艺术类别，一般指书写汉字的艺术。康有为在《广艺舟双楫》中说：“唐言结构，宋尚意趣”，由此可知唐代书法的法度追求最高、最严谨，唐代书法成就也是书法史上最顶峰的。
From the superficial meaning, calligraphy refers to the law of writing. In life, the word calligraphy has the following meanings: first, the name of a writing work or the collective name of all writing works; second, an art category, generally refers to the art of writing Chinese characters. Kang Youwei said in "Guangyizhou Shuanghuan" that "the structure of Tang Dynasty's dialect is interesting in Song Dynasty". From this we can see that the calligraphy of Tang Dynasty pursued the highest and most rigorous degree, and the achievements of Tang Dynasty's calligraphy were also the highest in the history of calligraphy.
书法是中国特有的一种传统艺术。中国汉字是劳动人民创造的，开始以图画记事，经过几千年的发展，演变成了当今的文字，又因祖先发明了用毛笔书写，便产生了书法，古往今来，均以毛笔书写汉字为主，至于其他书写形式，如硬笔、指书等，其书写规律与毛笔字相比，并非迥然不同，而是基本相通。
Calligraphy is a unique traditional art in China. Chinese characters were created by the working people and began to record things by pictures. After thousands of years of development, they have evolved into today's words. Because their ancestors invented writing with brushes, they have produced calligraphy. From ancient times to modern times, brushes have been the main form of writing Chinese characters. As for other writing forms, such as hard brushes and fingerprints, their writing rules and rules are as follows. Compared with brush writing, brush writing is not entirely different, but basically interlinked.