Guodian Chu Tomb Bamboo Slips. Collection Four

Author: Editing Group of "Selection of Bamboo and Silk Calligraphy"
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Publishing Date: 2002-12-01
Features: To enable a broad range of calligraphy enthusiasts to study and understand the history of Chinese calligraphy art, the Cultural Relics Publishing House has introduced a series of fine bamboo and silk calligraphy pieces, which have been compiled into this "Selection of Bamboo and Silk Calligraphy." This is part of the Guodian Chu Tomb Bamboo Slips Calligraphy Series, edited from eighteen pre-Qin classic texts and documents. This volume introduces the "Four Discourses on Language." The first three chapters of this text discuss the issues people should pay attention to in terms of speech. The bamboo slips also use numerous examples from social life to make analogies, urging those in power to have broad perspectives, appoint capable individuals, and build extensive friendships. Such governance would allow the rulers and the ruled to function like two rotating wheels, each without hindrance, moving forward smoothly. The text also emphasizes the importance of friendship and trusted advisors, believing that a ruler with wise advisors would protect the state from invasion, while scholars with knowledgeable friends would speak with conviction. The text further highlights the significance of talent, wisdom, and timing, with wisdom being considered the most valuable of all.