| Han established as the last feudal dynasty, the Ming Dynasty ruled China for nearly three centuries. During this period China's feudal society into the later stages of the relations of production and productivity has become increasingly clear contradiction between the apparent, the political, economic, ideological and other areas of a series of changes, extreme autocratic rule and the seeds of capitalism and public awareness the social aspects of the Ming Dynasty had any previous era with different characteristics. In a simmering debate, typical of this age created the literati as the pillars of traditional society, a social and cultural symbols, in promoting social progress, transfer and continue the culture of society. By the historical inertia of the beginning of the Ming Dynasty followed the Yuan Dynasty to establish the rule of thought, social construction of the upper class are all showing a conservative and retro, aesthetic and cultural stagnation makes the literati thinking tied, hovering, shrinking or even retrogression, interim rulers began to relax rule literati ideology awakening, following the initial aesthetic bred a new low after the wind, late Ming social unrest, ideological complex, people orientation diversity, colorful aesthetic thought, great minds of the liberation of the literati, there has been history most valuable aesthetic most influential ideas, social change in different periods of Ming Dynasty, making the literati psychological characteristics show different stages of their spiritual world changed profoundly, literature and art has changed. In response, the calligraphy shows the characteristics of stages, the initial gloomy conservative, inherited the Ming Dynasty calligraphy calligraphic style low tide. Calligraphy became active medium, a calligraphic style of Ming Dynasty and create the romantic period. The late Ming Dynasty, calligraphic style typical of the development of romanticism and eventually reached a peak. This article affirms the literati in the main role of artistic creation and aesthetic psychology through its analysis, to discuss the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty style of calligraphy. |