"Book" Magazine Study

This paper depended on the research of the five issues of Shu Xue magazine which was editedby Mr. Shen Zishan since July1943and the magazine was founded in the anti-Japanese"provisional capital " Chongqing. With the methord of literature empirical，this paper made anoverall analysis and discussion about the publishment,compilation team and articles selectionof Shu Xue magazine.The establishment of the calligraphy Society and the founder ofcalligraphy magazines were brand-new for calligraphy circle of the Republic of China.Theywere closely linked to the modern calligraphy and calligraphy researches.As an emergingcommunication and exchange platform,Shu Xue magazine broke the closed traditionalacademic environment.It also played an crucial role on the popularity of the art of calligraphyand the development of calligraphy studies.The compilation team of Shu Xue magazine issubstantial and composed of researchers in different fields.The articales provides differentacademic positions and views.Some articales applied to new disciplines such as education,psychology and aesthetic theory conciously which shows the characteristics of modernscholarship.Those characteristics had never occured in old calligraphy studies. Although ShuXue magazine had published only five issues,it took an essential part in promotingmodernization of the calligraphy studies.