The similarities and differences between the two "Six Arts" can be said to be completely different in terms of pure categories. (Perhaps spear art is somewhat similar to archery, poetry reciting and calligraphy, but the meaning is not the same)
In addition, there are also certain differences in purpose: the six ancient Chinese arts aim to cultivate a virtuous person. Talented people with both talents and talents in both civil and military arts have stricter requirements in terms of etiquette, cultivation, and knowledge; the Six Arts of European Knights are more skill-oriented and functional, and are intended to cultivate qualified and well-educated individuals. Guardian. Although there is poetry recitation, it is far less than the requirements of the Six Arts of China.
The Six Arts in ancient China generally refer to the aristocratic etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty. According to "Zhou Li·Bao Shi", "To raise a country's sons with the Tao is to teach six skills: the first is the Five Rites, the second is the Six Music, the third is the Five Shooting, the fourth is the Five Controls, the fifth is the Six Books, and the sixth is the Nine Numbers." , the six arts are:
Etiquette: moral education and behavioral norms, auspicious etiquette, inauspicious etiquette, military etiquette, guest etiquette, and gala etiquette;
Music: music, poetry, and dance;< /p>
Shooting: shooting arrows;
Yu: driving a carriage;
Shu: reading, writing, calligraphy and painting;
Numerical: counting Arithmetic (including geometry).
The Six Arts of Knights in the European Middle Ages refer to the six skills that must be learned from the time of apprenticeship:
Swordsmanship
Riding
Spear Art (or hunting)
Swimming
Chess
Poetry
There is no distinction between these two six arts, because their The usage is different, and the era background of existence is also completely different.