A Study of “Four Treasures of Chine Study”
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1. Introduction
Traditional tools and materials of Chine calligraphy are basically evolved from writing brushes, ink sticks, 体育颂的作者paper and inkstones, which are usually called as “Scholars’ Four Jewels”or the four treasures of Chine study (See Pic.1). As most ancient Chine scholars could write or draw, or manage both of the skills, they could not live without the four treasures. The name of “Chine study” could be traced back to the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-589) in Chine history and especially means scholars’ studies. (Zhang et al, 2008) Writing brushes, ink sticks, paper and inkstones are ud in study, therefore people prai the four objects as the four treasures of Chine study. Except for the four treasures of Chine study, study tools also include ink cartridges, ink and pen holders, pen rack beds, arm rests, writing brush washers, book towns, water scoops, inkstones, al boxes, cutting knives, stamps,etc. (Zhang et al, 2008)
Pic.1 Four treasures of Chine study.
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Till the Song Dynasty美味快递员 (960-1127), writing brushes, ink sticks, paper and inkstones have become the important writing and painting tools in the study, archaeology can also prove it. For instance, in the tomb of Xu Jun of the Southern Song Dynasty in Fouzhou city, Fuji
an Province, rearchers found the whole t of the four treasures of Chine study as burial objects. (Zhang, 2004) Another example is that on the wall painting Zhang Wenzao’s family tomb in the Liao Dynasty in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, there are veral images about the writing brushes, ink sticks, paper外勤 and inkstones. The facts prent that the four treasures have gradually formed a broad social practical basis in such a long history and finally became a special word in the Song Dynasty. (Zhang et al, 2008)
In order to know and resume the relations between ancient writing and painting tools with the study and the scholars’ behavior, people should fully understand the main line of the development of calligraphy tools. This paper will make an in-depth historical rearch on the four treasures of Chine study, analyze the historical development and characteristics of the four tools, besides, the author will also conduct a ries of ca studies of the most famous reprentatives in China and their advantages.
2.Writing brush
Pic.2 Writting Brushes
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Writing brush ranks the first of the four treasures of the study. It is said that it was invested by famous general Meng Tian of Qin Dynasty. Traditional writing brushes are not only the necessary stationary of ancient Chine people, but also have extraordinary cha
rm in expressing Chine calligraphy and painting. (Zhang, 2004)However, as writing brushes are easy to be damaged, there is few ancient writing brushes conrved till now.
There are many kinds of writing brushes. In terms of the materials, many animals’hair are ud such as rabbits, goats, deer, mice, tigers, gorillas, ducks, gee, chicken, pigs even humans.From the performance’s perspective, writing brushes can be classified into rigidity brush, flexible brush and doubled both brush. As for the material of barrel, different varieties of bamboos and wood, even crystal, horn, jade, gold, silver are ud. (Zhang, 2004)
The most famous writing brush producing area in China is Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Writing brushes made in Huzhou is called Hu writing brush. Hu writing brushes are made of high quality materials with exquisite techniques. (He,代汉者当涂高 2008) The four major characteristics are "pointed tip, uniform hair, perfect roundness and resilient to the touch. Hu writing brush has four types: goat hair, wolf hair, mixed hair and rabbit hair. According to the size, there are huge, big, middle and small. (Chen,2004)
Shen Zhaomin is a contemporary calligrapher from Huzhou, he is well-known her using a huge Hu writing brush to write calligraphy.He has devoted numerous effort practicing calligraphy for decades and does excellent in all kinds of calligraphies. In 2001, he ud a special Hu writhing brush which was as heavy as 81.5kg, to write down the word “Hu writing brush”which had an area of around 600㎡，and got the Guinness World RecordsCertificate of Calligraphy with Huge Brush. On the closing ceremony of Doha Asian Games, he ud a 25kg Hu writing brush to write down “Harmonious Asia”on four big yellow satin cloths. (See Pic.3) Although the performance only lasted six minutes, every cond was astonishing. Master Shen reprented the magic Chine calligraphy to the whole world, which was a never forgettable scene of all audience. (He,2008)
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