Six arts refer to six skills: etiquette, music, archery, bending, calligraphy and mathematics.
The aristocratic education system in the Zhou Dynasty in China began in the Zhou Dynasty in BC 1046, which required students to master six basic talents: etiquette, music, archery, bending, calligraphy and mathematics. From "Bao's Family in Zhou Li": "Cultivating the country by Tao is to teach six arts: one is five rituals, the other is six music, the third is five shots, the fourth is five emperors' rituals, the fifth is six books, and the sixth is nine numbers." This is the "Six Arts" of "Five Classics and Six Arts".
The four arts usually refer to the four arts admired and mastered by China literati, namely, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. They are also called "Four Literati Arts" or "Four Literati Arts". "Qin" refers to playing the piano (mostly guqin), "chess" refers to playing chess (mostly Weiqi and China chess), "book" refers to calligraphy, and "painting" refers to painting.
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The role of six arts:
1. Etiquette: China is a country of etiquette. Etiquette is a symbol of Chinese civilization, which is the most striking feature that distinguishes it from other civilizations in the same period. Etiquette is the minimum moral standard that human beings require people to abide by in order to maintain the normal life of society. It is gradually formed in people's long-term life and communication and is fixed by customs and traditions.
2. "Etiquette" ranks first among the six arts, which shows that etiquette and education play a great role in the long-term stability of the country and the people. Many people admire foreign personality culture, which should be tolerant, but it does not include those cultures that release human stain, deprive others of their right to exist or don't respect others' lives.
3. Ancient musical instruments were first used to measure calendars, while ancient five-tone and six-rhythm developed from Heluo five-element culture. Five tones: palace, upper, intercourse, righteousness and depression, which are in harmony with the five internal organs: the spleen corresponds to the palace, and the voice is slow and slow; The lung should be business, and its sound should be clear; The liver should respond to the angle and have a long voice; The heart is giving, and the voice is bright; Kidney should be feathered, and its sound is heavy and thin, which is the correct pronunciation of the five internal organs.
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