處在「後現代」之後的當代，各種課題亦進入更為艱辛的階段。伴隨著學術界對藝術與美學的發掘，企圖重新找回一種消逝的靈光(aura)，中國書法在當代的可能性亦成為其中一個哲學討論的焦點。在中國哲學的傳統裡，修養與倫理，是一體不分的概念。若書法能夠談及生命實踐的工夫，那麼如此實踐的工夫，如何開出一條通往倫理的康莊大道呢？在這個問題意識下，開發書法的倫理內涵，成為了本文的要旨。書法，是文人生命的一部分，在每個時代裡，都留下了許多文人的生命印記，因此流傳至今，無論是文房器物、書作、書論或書家的傳記等，都蘊藏了豐厚待挖掘的資源。而書法承繼的思想，離不開莊子和孟子。本文透過莊子和孟子的哲學闡發，特別關注身體與氣的面向，與西方哲學進行跨文化的對話，企圖勾勒出「自我修養」與「通往他者」的工夫論。

In the contemporary “post-modern” era, a variety of issues have entered an even more challenging stage. Academia has explored arts and aesthetics in an attempt to retrieve a disappearing aura, and the possibility of Chinese calligraphy has also become one of the focuses of philosophical discussion. In the tradition of Chinese philosophy, cultivation and ethics are inseparable from each other. If calligraphy can involve the gongfu 工夫 of life practice, how can gongfu practice open up a broad road to ethics? In order to answer this question, this study aims to develop the ethical connotations of calligraphy. Calligraphy is a part of life for the literati. In every era, the life imprints of many literati are passed down to the present in the forms of study utensils, writings, books, or authors’ biographies where there are abundant resources to be explored. The ideas inherited by calligraphy are inseparable from Zhuangzi and Mencius. This paper demonstrates the philosophy of Zhuangzi and Mencius, and particularly pays attention to the aspects of body and qi 氣 to engage in an intercultural conversation with western philosophy in an attempt to outline the gongfu theory of “self-cultivation” and “route to others.”