What will piano, chess, calligraphy and painting improve? Painting can release imagination, calligraphy can teach people to persist, and chess can improve the pattern. What is Qin?

In ancient times, playing the piano (mostly guqin), playing chess (mostly Weiqi), calligraphy and painting were the skills that literati and poets (including some aristocratic families) had to master to cultivate their self-cultivation, so they were collectively called piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Now it is often used to express personal cultural accomplishment.

In Sun Song Guangxu's "North Dream" Volume V: "Tang Gaoze was born in Pengzhou. He is smart and knowledgeable, and he is knowledgeable and knowledgeable. As for astronomical calendars, chess, calligraphy and painting, flutes and huqin, they led the Liang Dynasty and Zhu Yi. "

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Feng Ming magnum Yu's Ming Yan (Volume 12): "Twenty-five years old, graceful, talented and omniscient."

The seventh time in Zhang Qingnan's "He Dian" "Whatever you want, everything is fine, all the same."

Used as subject, object and attribute; Mostly used for women.

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 and has a history of at least 3000 years. At the beginning of this century, it was called "Guqin". The creators of guqin have all said that "Fuxi once played the piano", "Shennong played the piano" and "Shun played the banjo and sang the south wind".