%0 Journal Article
%T Cultural Signification and Philosophy Embedded in Chinese Calligraphy: A Semiological Analysis
%J -
%D 2017
%X Chinese brush calligraphy has not only aesthetic value, but it is also fully loaded with semiological signification of Chinese qi philosophy. Adopting Roland Barthes¡¯s theory on signs, this paper aims to discuss signification of qi in Chinese calligraphy. In addition, drawing on the Saussurean dichotomy of langue and parole as well as Barthes¡¯s contention about signification and metalanguage, I argue that in the underlying langue of Chinese culture exists the philosophy of qi as a whole, whereas calligraphy is one of the genres for qi to be manifested and signified.
%K Semiology
%K Roland Barthes
%K Signification
%K Chinese Calligraphy
%K Culture
%U http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/paperinfo?journalid=501&doi=10.11648/j.ijll.20170504.11