"Four Friends of Literati" refers to ()

Four friends of literati refer to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In ancient times, playing the piano (mostly refers to playing guqin), playing chess (mostly refers to Go), calligraphy and painting were the skills that literati (including some aristocratic families) must master to cultivate their self-cultivation, so they were collectively called "four friends of literati".

Guqin, also known as lyre, Qin Yu and lyre, is one of the oldest plucked instruments in China. Guqin has been popular since the time of Confucius, with a history of at least 3000 years. At the beginning of this century, it was called "Guqin". As for the creator of Qin, there are some sayings in the literature, such as "Fuxi used to play the piano", "Shennong played the piano" and "Shun played banjo and sang the south wind". It can be seen that Qin has a long history in China. "My Fair Lady, Friends of Rabbit and Rabbit" is recorded in The Book of Songs Guanluo, and "Rabbit and Rabbit beat drums to rule Tianzu" is also recorded in The Book of Songs Xiaoya.

Chess refers to Go, and Bo refers to Liu Boqi. Ban Gu's Book of Changes records that he is knowledgeable in the world and is good at chess alone. Mencius Gao Zi Zhang Sentence said: Today, the number of Fu Sai is decimal. You can't do it if you don't concentrate. Qiu Yi is the best athlete in this country. Let Qiu Yi teach two people to play chess, one to concentrate on playing chess, and Qiu Yi listens; Although a person listened, he thought that the swan was coming, and tried to pay for the bow and shoot it to death. Although he learns from others, he is willing to do so. Because of its wisdom, it is not natural. Weiqi is a strategic chess game for two people, which uses a chessboard and black and white pieces to play the game. Weiqi originated in ancient China. It is speculated that the origin time is about the 6th century BC. Legend has it that Yao's son is stubborn, and Yao Faming learned Weiqi to educate and cultivate his temperament. The earliest reliable records of Go can be found in Zuozhuan in the Spring and Autumn Period. Qiu Yi in the Warring States Period was the first chess player found in history books. "chess" refers to go, which was called "chess" in ancient times. Playing Go is called "playing chess" and "playing chess". The chess pieces are divided into black and white, and the rules are simple and endless, which embodies the distinct essence of China's cultural thought. The documents in the Spring and Autumn Period recorded the primitive culture of the Chinese nation. . Weiqi is profound and mysterious, beyond the wisdom of human beings. As a culture left by God, many emperors, generals, literati and ordinary people have enjoyed its clothes throughout the ages, and have also deduced many legendary stories, beautiful poems, and even the algorithm of military writing and the strategy of governing the country, which has become a wonderful flower in the history of Chinese civilization.

Calligraphy is a unique traditional art in China. Chinese characters in China were created by working people and began to be recorded by pictures. After thousands of years of development, it has evolved into today's writing. Because our ancestors invented the brush, calligraphy came into being. Throughout the ages, Chinese characters were mainly written with a brush. As for other writing forms, such as hard pen and finger book, their writing rules are not completely different from those of brush, but they are basically the same. Based on tracing the source (after Oracle bone inscriptions), this paper focuses on the law of writing Chinese characters with a brush. As long as we have a "narrow" understanding of calligraphy, it will be of great benefit to understand "broad" calligraphy.

"Painting" refers to Chinese painting, which is usually painted on Xuan paper with a brush dipped in water-soluble pigments. It mainly depicts landscapes, utensils, flowers and birds, and people, with simple and bright colors and freehand brushwork.