文化史学者、艺术理论家余秋雨在他早期著作《文化苦旅》中提到,他一直有个心愿,想深入探寻一次中国传统文人共同的精神素质和心理习惯,但却迟迟无法诉诸笔端。因为面对体量庞大源远流长的中国传统文化,说任何一点共通都会涌出大量的例外。但思忖良久后,他还是欣然落笔。他找到了能够代表中国传统文化和文人的文化符号——一副笔墨。虽然笔与墨本身并不包含任何文化精神、意味和倾向性,但是,它牵连着一个完整的传统文化的世界。余秋雨由此写下了他的名篇《笔墨祭》,完成了他对中国传统文人一种心理习惯的 Yu Qiuyu, a cultural historian and art theorist, mentioned in his earlier book, “Cultural Journey,” that he has always had a wish to explore in depth the common spiritual qualities and psychological habits of a traditional Chinese literati, but he has yet to resort to this genre . Because of the long history of Chinese traditional culture, there is a great deal of exception to any commonality. However, after thinking for a long time, he still gladly pen down. He found a cultural symbol that could represent Chinese traditional culture and literati - a brushwork. Although pen and ink itself does not contain any cultural spirit, meaning and tendencies, it implicates a complete world of traditional culture. Yu Qiuyu wrote his famous “pen and ink festival,” thus completing his psychological tradition of traditional Chinese literati