The Idea of ​​"Heaven and Man" in Chinese Ancient Book Binding (2)

The version box is the "sidebar", also known as the column line, most of the single column, that is, the four sides of the single line. It is not only the needs of practicality and aesthetics, but also the connotation of philosophy. There are also extra-thin inside and outside the thin double line, called "Civil Warrior sidebar"; there are up and down single-line left and right double lines, said the left and right sides.

In the figure, there are ears on the left side of the layout, and some books have ears on the right side of the layout. They are called book ears. The left ear is called on the left and the right ear is on the right. There are books with ears on both sides. The ear is similar to the human ear. The ear is used to listen to the sound. The ear is also better to read. The ear is designed to facilitate the inspection. With book ears, inspections are much easier and the layout is much better. Ears get information; ears save information, and checkers can also get information.

Divided into three columns, the layout is divided into a fish-tailed pattern. The upper and lower fishtails are called Pisces. The blank part of it is actually like a human mouth. It is called the "edition." The mouth is used to eat and talk; the edition of the book records the title of the book, and its meaning is also the content of the book. The part between the upper and lower fish tails and the frame in the mind is called "proboscis". It is called "nose" because it is in the middle of the layout, and it has a width; because it is long and proboscis. The nose is used to breathe, no nose, people must die; elephant nose is folded paper mark, no mark how folding, no folding or random folding can not be a book.

The eyes of the book are holes, which are used to thread or insert nails. Generally speaking, the bigger the eyes are, the better they look; the smaller the better the hole of the book, the greater the damage. The human eye is to see things, and the eyes of books are fixed books. The book brain is a blank space on the drill line of each page, that is, the right side of the closed book. The book is read. The pages of the book are turned. The book brain is hidden between the hole and the spine of the custom line. It cannot be moved inside, so it is called the book brain.

Under the influence of “Integration of Heaven and Man”, the ancients under the influence of “Integration of Man and Nature” thought, using the “I Ching” way of thinking, “nearly taking everything and taking everything”. With a human-centered approach, the layout of a printing plate book is created in a form that approximates the human head. This layout contains the traditional concept of “Heaven and Man Oneness,” and it includes the aesthetic concept of the concept of “Unity of Heaven and Man” and this type of aesthetics. The "neutral" creation method created by the aesthetic view is a kind of cultural behavior. It is also an inevitable result of the development of traditional culture to the emergence of engraving and printing technology.

Second, the "Unity of Heaven and Man" and the structure of books

Talk from the simple guide book.

After the compilation of the book, the first Jane must write the title of this book. This is very similar to the writing or cover of the bound book. If the book is part of a book, it can be added under the title of the book. The total name. Afterwards, two non-written characters, "Simplify Jane," are used to protect the book. There is such a transitional space that gives people a sense of relief. This serves the same purpose as the later "page guard." Then there is the text, generally written on the top and bottom of the top part; sometimes a blank is not a simple word; sometimes starting from the middle part of writing, layout patchwork, clever and simple, very characteristic. Put a brief policy on the table, from the first Jane to the last Jane, and look closely at its structure and sequence. It will be vaguely felt that it is arranged according to a pattern, this pattern is bound to the book At this time, it will be clearer that the context of the traditional culture they connote will also become more apparent.

The structure and order of reel-loading books are more complicated than those of simple measures and regular script books. There are blank papers, small font sizes, copyers, correctors, and years of copying books. The appearance of these contents will inevitably make the order Changes have made the structure complicated. Regarding the arrangement of the order and structure, it still did not leave the “harmony between man and nature” and “isomorphism”. Instead, it felt more in-depth and enriched. It had blood and flesh, and was closer to the general sense of concept of “nearly taking care of each other”.

The structure of the cyclone book is still not separated from the characteristics of the scroll book. In addition, there is one point to be noticed. The right side of the pages of the cyclone book is glued to the bottom paper, glued in order, and read from right to left when reading. After the page was turned to the right and continued to read, the scroll book appeared for the first time in a way that had a great impact on the books of the later generations and was used all the time.

Using the idea of ​​“Combination of Heaven and Humanity”, “Let's take everything far and close to each other”, analyze the structure of engraved and printed butterfly-bound books, back-loading books, and paper-bound books. The first is the cover or inside cover (title page), and its name is called "face" as if it were a person's face; the back of the cover often has an inscription or a mark, which is equivalent to the copyright of modern books, followed by the preface, The case, the catalogue, this is like a man's neck. It is a transition, then a text and an illustration. This is the main part of a book. It is like a man's internal organs. Finally it is an appendix and slang. It is very much like a human hand. Outside of the feet, the title page and the slang is a book, a cover, or a jacket. These three names are exact. One to two blank pages between the title page, the proverb page, and the cover are used as guard pages, also known as subpages. This is derived from the “Relief of Jane” in the simple policy and the blank lines in the regular script. In addition, Chinese ancient books are written straight from top to bottom and read from right to left. This determines that the book must be turned from left to right. That is, the edition is on the left and the mouth is on the right. It is commonly known as “Chinese style turning.”

From the structural condition of Chinese ancient engraving and printing books, we can clearly see the tremendous effect of the traditional idea of ​​“Heaven and Man”, and the formation of this structure is the inevitable result of the continuous development of Chinese culture.

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