What are the four ancient arts

The Four Ancient Arts, namely qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting, usually refer to the four arts that the Chinese literati respected and mastered, and are also known as the "Four Arts of the Literati" or the "Four Arts of the Xiu Cai".

The "qin" refers to playing the zither (mostly the guqin), the "chess" refers to playing the game of chess (mostly Go and Chinese chess), and the "book" refers to calligraphy, The term "painting" refers to drawing.

In ancient times, it was the art of the literati to play, it is quite elegant thing, it synthesizes the pursuit of an art seeker's interest and artistic cultivation, the literati to "qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, all proficient" and proud.

The reason why qin, chess, calligraphy and painting can attract the literati is that it can not only exercise the human will, cultivate human sentiments, but also contains an extremely rich, extremely profound, extremely broad philosophy of life and cultural connotations.

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Qin

Ancient China respected the sound of elegant music, "quiet and calm" for the upper, not to the bustling sound for the fun. Zither, xiao flute, huqin,

are all soft tone, quiet and rhyme long, so elegant music is behind the rich cultural heritage.

Confucianism focuses on social and ethical "indoctrination", respect for the beauty of harmony, smooth and moderate, subtle and elegant, rejecting the charm and noise of the drowning

The sound of obscene music. Taoism advocates nature, tranquility, inaction, softness and harmony.

Chess

"Among the ancient pines and flowing water, only the sound of chess can be heard", "Idlely knocking the chess pieces to fall into the lamplight", "Winning is certainly gratifying, and losing can be joyful", the ancient people's enjoyment of the game of chess is evident

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The pleasure of playing chess can be seen. When you have time, you can play chess to make friends and increase your intelligence.

Paying attention to the quality of the game of chess. The game of chess is a variety of situations, often showing the character of the player's cultivation. Song Minister Pan Shenxiu to the Confucian and Mencius way analogous to the game of chess, said: "the way of chess care about the quiet, and take for the urgent. Benevolence is able to be full, righteousness is able to guard, etiquette is able to change, wisdom is able to both,

Trust is able to overcome.

Shu

Calligraphy is an extremely popular, elegant and popular art form in ancient China, and it can be practiced to regulate the spirit and cultivate the mind for a long and healthy life. History

Many famous calligraphers are mostly longevity;

Ouyang Xun, who wrote "Jucheng Palace" in the Tang Dynasty, lived to be 85 years old, and Yu Shinan, who wrote "Fuzi Temple Hall

Bei", lived to be 89 years old. Contemporary calligraphers Su Gu Xian of Shanghai and Sun Mo Fo of Beijing are over 100 years old.

Painting

Ancient literati painting emphasized comprehensive cultural cultivation, advocating "reading ten thousand scrolls of books and traveling ten thousand miles," and the need for poetry, calligraphy, painting, and sealing to complement each other

and the lack of character, talent, learning, and thought.

In the theme of landscape, birds and flowers, as well as plum, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums, symbolizing the serenity of the secluded life, pure and generous gentleman, noble and chaste personality spirit.

Baidu Encyclopedia - The Four Arts of Antiquity