What did the ancients mean by learning "six arts"

Six Arts-Rites (Rites)

Six basic talents

Six basic abilities that China ancient Confucianism required students to master: courtesy, music, shooting, command, calligraphy and number.

From "Bao's Family in Zhou Li": "Cultivating the country by Tao is to teach six arts: one is five rites, the other is six music, the third is five shots, the fourth is five orders, the fifth is six books and the sixth is nine numbers."

Rite: Etiquette (that is, moral education today)

Le: Music.

Shooting: archery skills (exercise physique and cultivate character)

Royal: the skill of driving a carriage

Book: calligraphy (that is, modern literature)

Number: algorithm (that is, modern mathematics)

Six pairs of channels

The theory of the Six Classics is Yi, Shu, Shi, Li, Yue and Chun Qiu.

Six fonts

Wang Mang used six fonts. That is, ancient Chinese characters (which prevailed in six countries during the Warring States period), variant characters, seal script, Zuo Shu, Miao seal script and bird and insect book.

Leading six arts

A successful leader must have six skills-being a man, communication, seeking power, employing people, innovation and decision-making.

1. The art of being a man

Be good at dealing with people.

Be good at balancing mentality

Be good at improving character

Be good at cultivating a good image

2. The art of communication

Be good at language expression

Be good at spiritual communication

Be good at solving problems

Be good at coordinating relationships

Be good at catching customers

3. The art of seeking power

Be good at mastering power

Be good at controlling power

Be good at using power

Be good at decentralization

4. The art of employing people

Be good at identifying talents

Be good at using talents flexibly

Be good at managing talents

Be good at motivating talents

5. The art of innovation

Be good at thinking and innovation.

Be good at grasping society

Be good at breaking "routines"

Be good at innovation and winning.

6. The art of decision-making

Be good at operation planning

Good at analysis and judgment

Good at "making decisions"

Good at dealing with crises.