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1、AbrushwithwisdomThisisoneofthegreatestmasterpiecesofChineselandscapePainting."TravelersamongMountainsandStreams"-paintedbytheartistFanKuaninthe10thcenturyAD.ItwasinspiredbyhiswanderingsintheunreallandscapesofMountHua,oneofthefiveholymountainsofChina.WhenWesternersfirstdiscoveredC
2、hinesepaintingslikethisone,theycouldnotseetheir＆#118alue.Theywouldn'tevenacknowledgethemasart.But,asConfuciusnoted,itispossibletolookwithoutseeing.Ifyoulearntoseebeyondthesurfaceofthesepaintings,youwilldiscovertheirrealbeautyandfindthedeepesttruthsoftheChinesephilosophiesoflife.E
3、nterthehiddenworldofChinesepainting.WhatmakesaChinesepaintingsodistinctive,soimmediatelyrecognizableasChinese?IsitthesubjectmatterthatChineseartistschosetopaint?Isitthedifferenttoolsandtechniquesthattheyused?Orisithowtheysawwhattheywerelookingat?Howdowebegintounderstandthisunique
4、paintingtraditionwhichhassurvivedvirtuallyunchangedforsomanycenturies?Well,inChinatheysaytounderstandpaintingyouneedtounderstandcalligraphy-theartofwritingChinesecharacterswithabrush.Thetwoartsareconsideredinseparable,liketwinsatbirth.TounderstandthebirthofcalligraphyinChinawenee
5、dtogoback3000years,whenChineseholymenfirstbegantomakesimpledrawingsonanimalbones.Whentheboneswereheatedinafire,thevoiceofheavenwasrevealedasthepriestsinterpretedthemeaningofthecracksthatappeared.Fromtheverybeginning,writinginChinawasnotjustawayofcommunicationbetweenpeople,butalso
6、ameanstoconnectwiththespiritualworld.WhenfarmersincentralChinafirstfoundtheseancientartifactsinthe1800's,theycalledthem'DragonBones'andtheygroundthemintomedicinalpowder.Butinthe1950's,avisitingscholarrecognizedthemforwhattheywere...theearliestexamplesofChinesewriting.Bystudyingth
7、esebones,scholarsbegantounderstandhowthesepictographscarvedintoboneevolvedoverthousandsofyearsintosymbolspaintedwithabrush."Inthebeginning,Chinesecalligraphywaswritteninpictographstyle."Ifyouwanttowriteagoattherewastwohornsofthegoat,andthecowislikethis.Soeachword,thereisameaning.
8、Thisisthesun,thisisthemoon,andthisis,you
