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This article starts from the concept of 'self-examination' in Confucian culture, combines the speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the requirements of new-era party and government officials, and discusses the importance of self-examination in self-cultivation, providing specific practical steps.
This article takes you into the masterpiece of Northern Song Dynasty landscape painting, Fan Kuan's 'Travelers on the River and Mountain Scene', and analyzes its artistic features and historical value.
This article delves into the Jingxin chapter of the Mencius, particularly focusing on the ideas of the great virtue and daily mind cultivation, and provides practical methods for mind cultivation in modern life.
This article delves into Zhao Boju's 'Autumn Scenery of Rivers and Mountains', discusses its technique of green and blue coloring, and provides a learning reference for you.
This article, based on Chapter 3 of the Tao Te Ching, discusses the application of the philosophical thought of 'The Supreme Good Is Like Water' in everyday life and provides specific steps for practice.
This article, based on the Mencius Jingxin chapter, explores the relationship between the magnanimous qi and daily mind cultivation, providing practical methods and steps for mind cultivation.
This article will delve into the green and blue coloring technique of Zhao Boju's 'Autumn Landscape of the Rivers and Mountains', using specific steps and case studies to help readers better understand the charm of this traditional Chinese painting technique.
This article delves into the concept of 'Shen Du' from Confucian culture, combining the speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the requirements of Party and government cadres in the new era, to provide readers with practical steps for the sequence of self-cultivation and 'Shen Du'.
This article starts from the concept of self-examination in Confucian culture, combines the speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the requirements of Party and government officials, discusses the importance of self-examination in self-cultivation, and provides specific practical steps.
This article focuses on Chapter 3 of the Tao Te Ching, discussing the practical ways to embody the moral philosophy of 'the highest virtue is like water' in daily life, and provides practical moral practice guidance for readers with recent public materials.
This article will guide readers through Zhuangzi's 'Xiaoyao You', discussing the life wisdom it contains, and providing practical reading methods and directions for thought.
This article delves into the concept of 'Shendu' from Confucian culture, combining the speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the requirements of new-era Party and government officials, to provide readers with a practical guide to the practice of 'Shendu' and the order of self-cultivation.
This article will delve into an in-depth analysis of Zhao Boju's 'Autumn Scenery of the Rivers and Mountains', discuss its green and blue coloring technique, and provide you with a learning reference.
This article starts from the concept of 'Shendu' in Confucian culture, combines the speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping, discusses the importance of 'Shendu' in self-cultivation and character-building, and provides specific practical steps.
This article delves into the detailed reading of 'The Great Learning' and 'The Mean', discussing the significance of self-examination and the sequence of self-cultivation, and provides practical learning steps.
This article delves into the Jingxin chapter of the classic Mencius, particularly focusing on the ideas of the vast and righteous qi and daily mind cultivation, and provides practical methods for mind cultivation in modern life.
This article starts from the concept of 'self-reflection' in Confucian culture, combines the speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping, discusses the importance of self-reflection in self-cultivation, and provides specific practical steps.
This article takes the concept of 'the highest good is like water' from the Tao Te Ching as a starting point, discussing how to embody this idea in daily life and providing practical methods and steps with the help of online resources.
This article delves into Zhao Boju's 'Autumn Colors of the River and Mountains', discusses its technique of green and blue coloring, and provides practical steps for learning and appreciating this famous painting.
This article delves into the philosophical thought of 'The Superior Virtue of Water' from the Tao Te Ching, and provides specific steps for daily practice to help readers integrate this wisdom into their daily lives.
This article takes Ni Zan's 'Rongxi Studio' as an example to explore the elegant simplicity and spiritual connotation of literati painting, combining recent articles from the cultural channel to analyze the unique charm of literati painting.
This article starts with the 'Guanyu' from the Book of Songs, explores the modern application of the figurative language technique, and provides practical reading steps and checklists.
This article delves into the Jingxin chapter of the Mencius, exploring the relationship between the vast and righteous qi and daily mind cultivation, and provides practical steps for mind cultivation.
This article delves into the technique of green and blue coloring in Zhao Boju's 'Autumn Scenery of River and Mountain', using specific steps and case studies to help readers better understand this traditional painting skill.
This article will delve into the Jingxin chapter of the Mencius, explore the relationship between the vast and righteous spirit and daily mind cultivation, and provide practical steps for mind cultivation.
This article starts from the philosophical thought of 'The Highest Good Is Like Water' in the Tao Te Ching, and combines it with the reality of modern life to discuss how to practice this idea in daily life.
This article will explore Ni Zan's 'Rongxi Studio', analyzing its aesthetic of simplicity and discussing the spirit of literati painting behind it.
This article will delve into Zhao Boju's 'Autumn Scenery of the River and Mountains', discuss its technique of green and blue coloring, and provide you with a learning reference.
This article will explore the green and blue coloring technique in Zhao Boju's 'Autumn Scenery of the Rivers and Mountains', combining recent online resources to analyze its artistic characteristics and significance of inheritance.
This article will explore the techniques of five colors of ink and negative space in ink wash landscape painting, helping readers to get started in this traditional art form through specific steps and case studies.
This article delves into the appreciation of Fan Kuan's representative work 'Traveling Along the River and Mountains', a masterpiece of Northern Song Dynasty landscape painting, exploring its artistic features and the integration with contemporary art context.
This article takes classic statements from the 'Analects of Confucius' as a starting point, providing a practice method for one sentence a day to help readers implement Confucian thought in their daily lives.
This article will explore the narrative art in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, analyzing his unique narrative techniques and literary value.
This article explores the beauty of simplicity embodied in Ni Zan's 'Rongxi Studio' and analyzes its connection to the spirit of scholar artists.
This article provides practical steps and a checklist for reading the biographies in Shi Ji, helping readers understand the narrative art of Sima Qian by examining selected passages, characters, scenes, the interweaving method, and concluding comments.
After reading this, you can use a setup list and three steps to transform your desk from a pile of clutter into a study corner, and you can settle down with a lamp, a book, and a small piece of tranquility today.
This article begins with the composition, brushwork, and meaning of “rongxi” in “Rongxi Zhai Tu,” exploring the spirit of literati painting behind Ni Zan’s simple and understated style. It also offers a practical checklist for viewing and learning, helping readers understand the aesthetic orientation of Yuan-dynasty literati painting through looking at paintings, reading, and writing.
Starting from Guan Ju, this article explores the bi and xing tradition in the Book of Songs, offering reading steps and a self-check list for modern readers to transform classical imagery into contemporary emotional expression and writing techniques.
From composition, brush and ink, and artistic conception, this article interprets how Ni Zan's Rongxi Zhai Tu expresses the spirit of literati painting through simple subtlety, and offers practical appreciation steps and a checklist.
This article begins with the composition, brush and ink, and meaning of 'rongxi' in Rongxi Zhai Tu, exploring how Ni Zan creates a beauty of emptiness and stillness through subtraction. It also offers practical steps and a checklist for appreciating literati painting.
Starting from the parables in ‘Free and Easy Wandering,’ this article explores Zhuangzi’s ideas about usefulness and uselessness, offers practical reading steps and a checklist for modern life, and helps readers preserve a broader inner space beyond utilitarian evaluation.
Starting with the biographies, this article examines the narrative methods of the Records of the Grand Historian through figures, events, details, and commentary, and provides practical steps and a checklist to help readers improve their ability to read classical texts.
Starting from Huang Gongwang's turning point in life, this article interprets the brush-and-ink language and inner state expressed in Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains, and offers a five-step viewing checklist for general readers.
Understanding watchfulness in solitude within the self-cultivation framework of The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean, this article offers a seven-day practice and a reading checklist to help readers turn the classics into everyday self-discipline.
Aimed at beginners, this article uses the perspectives of studying texts and viewing paintings to organize the ink tonal layers and empty-space methods in ink landscape painting. It provides practical exercise steps, a checklist, and a one-week training plan to help readers develop basic observation of brush and ink.
Starting with 'Guan Ju', this article outlines the basic meanings and modern reading paths of bi and xing (comparison and evocation) in the Book of Songs. It offers practical close-reading steps and a checklist to help readers turn classical poetry into an understandable, practicable, and applicable way of expression.
This article examines the blue-and-green coloring features of Autumn Colors over Rivers and Mountains, traditionally attributed to Zhao Boju, from the perspectives of outline, texture strokes, base color, layered azurite and malachite, and the creation of an autumn mood. It also includes an observation and copying checklist suitable for beginners.
Starting from the composition, brushwork, and imagery of the empty pavilion in “Rongxi Zhai Tu,” this article interprets Ni Zan’s simple and austere aesthetic, as well as the literati painting tradition that values character and inner state of mind, and offers a five-step observation method with a self-check list.