Again, the literati of former times saw calligraphy as the perfect vehicle for lofty feelings, but as a compromise between too overt a statement and painful silence, they encapsulated their sentiments in seal inscriptions which they stamped in a corner of their calligraphic scrolls.
此外，古代文人最愛寄情筆墨，但有時不願將心事羅縷記存，讓人一目了然，卻又不吐不快，折衷的辦法便是將千言萬語濃縮成數字，刻成印章，蓋在字畫角落。