Four Treasures of the Study: pen, ink, paper, inkstone, elegant people, four virtues: piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, gentleman in the flower, Mei Lan, Zhu Ju, four diagnosis, observation, lis

Four Treasures of the Study: pen, ink, paper, inkstone, elegant people, four virtues: piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, gentleman in the flower, Mei Lan, Zhu Ju, four diagnosis, observation, listening and questioning of traditional Chinese medicine. The name of Four Treasures of the Study originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Historically, what "Four Treasures of the Study" refers to has changed frequently. Four Treasures of the Study in Southern Tang Dynasty refers to Zhuge Bi in Xuancheng, Anhui, Li Tinggui Ink in Huizhou, Chengxin Tang Paper in Huizhou, Anhui, and Weilong inkstone in Wuyuan, Anhui. Since the Song Dynasty, "Four Treasures of the Study" refers to Xu Anbi (Xuancheng, Anhui), Huimo (Shexian and Huizhou, Anhui), Xuan Paper (Jingxian and Xuancheng, Anhui), (Shexian and Huizhou, Anhui), (Zhuoni, Gansu) and Duanyan (Zhaoqing, Guangdong, formerly known as Duanzhou). After Yuan Dynasty, Hubi (Huzhou, Zhejiang) became popular gradually, while Xu Anbi gradually declined. After the reform and opening up, Xu Anbi gradually recovered its vitality.