What's in Four Treasures of the Study?

Four Treasures of the Study refers to the instrument tools in the traditional culture of the Han nationality in China, that is, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, that is, brush, black ink, Xuan paper and inkstone. The name of Four Treasures of the Study originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Four Treasures of the Study "refers to things that change frequently. In Southern Tang Dynasty, "Four Treasures of the Study" refers to Zhuge Bi, Huizhou Li Tinggui Mo, Chengxin Tangzhi and Jiangxi Wuyuan Weilong inkstone. Since the Song Dynasty, "Four Treasures of the Study" refers to Hu Bi (Huzhou, Zhejiang), Hui Mo (Huizhou, Anhui), Xuan Paper (Xuanzhou, Anhui) and Duanyan (Zhaoqing, Guangdong, formerly known as Duanzhou).

The name "study" originated from the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589 AD) in the history of China. It refers to a scholar's study, which uses pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and is known as the "Four Treasures of the Study".