@article{Chu-Sheng_Yi-Hsiu_2025, title={Tracing the Context of the Textual Field from the Framework of “Integrating Calligraphy into Painting”}, volume={5}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijllc.5.6.7}, DOI={10.22161/ijllc.5.6.7}, abstractNote={<jats:p>This essay traces the complex and evolving relationship between text and image within the tradition of Chinese classical ink painting. It argues that writing, as an inherently abstract symbolic system, fundamentally shaped the aesthetic and spatial principles of ink painting. The analysis begins by examining the ontological tension between the abstract nature of writing and the representational aims of painting. It then demonstrates how this tension was resolved and transformed through key historical developments: the intervention of text, which led to the literarization of pictorial space; and the practice of “integrating calligraphy into painting” , which created a unique “calligraphic-pictorial space.” The essay meticulously charts the historical evolution of textual inscription on paintings—from early functional labels and eulogies to fully developed poetic inscriptions, records, and colophons. It concludes that the deep integration of writing, calligraphy, and poetry, culminating in the ideal of the “Three Perfections” , established the philosophical and aesthetic core of classical ink painting, where text became its intellectual framework and calligraphic inscription its spiritual essence.</jats:p>}, number={6}, journal={International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture}, publisher={AI Publications}, author={Chu-Sheng, Hsiao and Yi-Hsiu, Tsai}, year={2025}, pages={46–55} }