Four arts
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The four arts, or the four arts of the Chinese scholar, were the four main academic and artistic talents required of the aristocratic ancient Chinese scholar-gentleman. They were the mastery of the qi
Qin
Weiqi (Go)
Calligraphy
Painting
Guqin
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The guqin is a plucked seven-string Chinese musical instrument. It has been played since ancient times, and has traditionally been favoured by scholars and literati as an instrument of great subtlety
Four arts
…were the four main academic and artistic talents required of the aristocratic ancient Chinese scholar-gentleman. They were the mastery of the qin (the guqin, a stringed instrument, 琴), qi (the strategy game of Go, 棋), shu (Chinese calligraphy, 書) and hua (Chinese painting, 畫), and are also referred to by…
Zhong Ni Shi
A girl playing a guqin, Eastern Han dynasty, collection of the Musée des Arts Asiatiques de Toulon, France
The painting "Ting Qin Tu" (Listening to the Qin), by the Song emperor Huizong (1082–1135)
Song dynasty painting Depiction of the Joyful Aspiration in Guqin and Story Telling by Liu Songnian