在为谷文达的展览《碑林——唐诗后著》所撰写的前言《言词的力量》一文中,张颂仁指出,欧洲文化与中国文化在有关权力的视觉语言上存在着差异之处,他说:“欧洲传统倾向于为英雄和领袖人物树立纪念碑,而这种情况在中国很罕见,这里的公共纪念物都以书法为主导,通常是碑刻。”事实 In his essay “The Power of Words” written by Gu Wenda for his exhibition Beilin - The Post-Tang Poetry, Zhang Songren pointed out that there are differences between the European and Chinese cultures in the visual language of power. He said: European traditions tend to set up monuments for heroes and leaders, a situation rare in China where the public memorials are dominated by calligraphy and usually inscriptions.