Yaqiu Si Shu

Author: Chen Wenxin
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Publish Date: 1998-04-01
Features: Music, Go, Calligraphy, and Painting are all refined pursuits that ancient scholars cherished, often collectively referred to as the "Four Arts." Our book, The Four Books of Elegant Interests, covers music, go, calligraphy, and painting respectively, which may provide readers with some insight into the lives and styles of ancient scholars. The Four Arts have long been regarded as the four great refined pursuits of ancient China, and there are countless works documenting and describing them. The selections in this book—Cai Yong's The Practice of Music, Zhang Ni's Thirteen Chapters on Go, Pan Zhichong's The Hook of Calligraphy, and Tang Yin's The Six-As-If Painting Manual—are representative works in their respective fields. Among the myriad treasures of the art world, I have chosen but a single ladleful. From this small sip, one may perhaps taste the leisurely elegance and refined interests of ancient scholars.