With the social progress, economic development, and the prosperity of electronic products, mobile phones never leave their hands, as if they were glued to their hands, and life could not be separated from mobile phones and mobile phone typing. Unexpectedly, due to long-term mobile phone typing, Chinese characters were gradually forgotten, and they often forgot words, but they couldn't remember familiar words. In ancient times, they wouldn't have troubles, did they? Four Treasures of the Study? . What exactly does Four Treasures of the Study mean? What is the origin?
Four Treasures of the Study: a typical representative of culture and art, inheriting the unique calligraphy culture. In ancient times, people liked to practice calligraphy, and people related to learning would practice calligraphy, regardless of conditions? Four Treasures of the Study? , an essential tool for ancient literati, symbolizes profound culture and makes people feel scholarly. What does Four Treasures of the Study specifically mean? China's unique instrument, pen, ink, paper and inkstone. How did pen, ink, paper and inkstone come from?
pen: writing brush. It is said that writing brush was created by Meng Tian, but it is only a legend. As a matter of fact, in Changsha, Hunan Province, the writing brush of the Warring States period was once unearthed, accompanied by bamboo folding and wool-free materials, and there was a pen cover. Some people say that pens appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the folding of writing brush was made of bamboo tube, and the pen tip was made of goat hair, and it was better made of yellow-haired wolf and rabbit spine hair.
Ink: It appeared very early. According to relevant historical data, ink was made in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the word was black soil, but it didn't smoke, so it was black soil. Black soil may be black minerals or pigments. The black characters in Oracle Bone Inscriptions appeared early, and ink was made of soot.
paper: one of the four great inventions, the cultural relics unearthed in the Western Han Dynasty, was made of hemp paper, which was rough, improved by Cai Lun, improved by using various raw materials in the east, improved the quality and output of paper, and gradually popularized it. The people used paper, and Emperor Jin 'an ordered the abolition of bamboo slips and promoted the period of comprehensive paper use.
inkstone: "the first in Four Treasures of the Study", ink needs to be ground with water, and the inkstone is an inkstone, which was used in the Western Han Dynasty. Traditionally, there are four inkstones: Duan, Yu, Tao and Chengni. Famous in the Tang Dynasty, Li He has a poem that describes Duan inkstone as solid, conducive to writing and exquisite.