Elegance and Four Virtues are very popular among ancient literati in China, and they are compulsory courses for ancient literati. So what do you mean by "four good representatives of elegant people"? Let me give you a detailed introduction.
Details 0 1 Elegant people and four good friends are also called four friends of literati, which refer to playing the piano, playing chess, painting and calligraphy. Qin is an ancient Qin, chess refers to Go, books refer to calligraphy, and painting represents Chinese painting. Self-cultivation is the artistic hobby of ancient elegant people.
Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting all originated from the period of "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" mentioned in the literature, or the "Longshan Culture Age in the Central Plains" mentioned in field archaeology. How to master the four skills of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting has become a standard to measure whether a person is talented or not in ancient times.
Guqin: Guqin, also known as lyre, Qin Yu and lyre, is one of the oldest plucked instruments in China. Guqin has been popular since Confucius' time, with a history of at least 3000 years. At the beginning of this century, it was called "Guqin".
Weiqi: The earliest reliable record 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 Weiqi, which was called "chess" in ancient times, and it was called "chess" and "chess" when playing Weiqi. 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.
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 characters. The emergence of calligraphy is because ancestors invented writing with brush.
Painting generally refers to Chinese painting, also referred to as Chinese painting. It refers to a traditional painting form in China, which uses a brush, a soft pen or fingers, and water-soluble pigments and ink to paint on rice paper, mainly depicting landscapes, utensils, flowers and birds, and figures. The colors are simple and lively, and the style is freehand and abstract.