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We have many options to create artwork with Serenity characters on a wall scroll or portrait...
Quick links to words on this page...
Mandarin: jìng
Japanese: shizu / sei
Korean: 정
This character is often translated as "serenity". It can also be used to express the ideas of still, calm, quiet, not moving or tranquility.
Note: This is also listed on our website as "Inner Peace" since it also fits that definition.
See Also... Peace | Inner Peace
Mandarin:
dàn bó yǐ míng zhì,
níng jìng ér zhì yuǎn
This is a kind of complex ten-character proverb composed by Zhuge Liang about 1800 years ago. The proverb means "Leading a simple life will yield a clear mind, and having inner peace will help you see far (into the world)".
What I have translated as "simple life" means NOT being materialistic and NOT competing in the rat race.
The last word means "far", but the deeper meaning is that you will surpass what you can currently see or understand. Perhaps even the idea of opening up vast knowledge and understanding of complex ideas.
The whole phrase has a theme that suggests if you are NOT an aggressive cut-throat person who fights his way to the top no matter how many people he crushes on the way, and instead seek inner peace, you will have a happier existence and be more likely to understand the meaning of life.
Japanese: seion
This is a Japanese-specific way to express "serenity" or "tranquility".
Notes: The second Kanji is not a Chinese character - it was morphed or developed in Japan after Chinese characters were absorbed into the Japanese language during the 5th century.
The first character is slightly-simplified from the original Chinese form, but still recognizable.
See Also... Peace | Inner Peace
Mandarin: níng jìng
Korean: 령정
This is yet another way to express the idea of tranquility and serenity in Chinese.
See Also... Peace | Inner Peace | Harmony | Calm
Mandarin: píng jìng
Japanese: heisei
Korean: 평정
This is one of several ways to express as "serenity" or "tranquility" in Japanese and Chinese. It can also be translated as calm, serenity, tranquil, undisturbed or serene.
See Also... Peace | Inner Peace
Mandarin: shàng dì cì wǒ píng jìng qù jiē shòu wǒ suǒ bù néng gǎi biàn wǒ yǒng qì qù gǎi biàn wǒ suǒ néng gǎi biàn bìng wǒ zhì huì qù fēn biàn zhè liǎng zhě
Characters shown
above are read
vertically, starting
from the right
This is the serenity prayer, as used by many 12-step programs and support groups.
In Chinese, this says:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Mandarin: nèi xīn píng jìng
Japanese: naishin heizyou
Korean: 내심평정
This Chinese and Japanese phrase is a direct translation for the western idea of inner peace.
The first two characters contain the idea of "heart" and "innermost being".
The last two characters mean "tranquil" and "serene".
I have seen this phrase used as "inner peace" for art prints and even on the side of coffee cups. But I think the translation is too literal. It feels like a direct translation from English rather than a nicely composed Chinese or Japanese phrase. See my other entries for "inner peace".
See Also... Simplicity | Peace
Wall scroll artwork shown on this page is priced as follows:
1 character $28.88 each
2-3 characters $39.88 each
4 characters $49.88 each
5-10 characters $59.88 each
11 or more characters $69.88 each
After you select your calligraphy, our website will take you through the process of customizing your artwork.
Options for other mounting such as portraits are available for $12 less.
We also offer the services of a famous master calligrapher for a $40 fee on any scroll if you are looking for investment-quality calligraphy.
If you chose our famous master-calligrapher, you also get more choices for silk and paper colors and the option for larger artwork.
All of our calligraphy is completely done by hand in the ancient way.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to our art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Therefore, allow at least 3 weeks for delivery from the time you place your order.
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
Prices for
custom wall scrolls
shown on this page:
Single-Character:
USD $28.88
GBP £15.64
EUR €19.56
CAD $30.15
AUS $33.47
2-3 Characters:
USD $39.88
GBP £21.60
EUR €27.01
CAD $41.64
AUS $46.22
4 Characters:
USD $49.88
GBP £27.01
EUR €33.78
CAD $52.08
AUS $57.81
5-10 Characters:
USD $59.88
GBP £32.43
EUR €40.55
CAD $62.52
AUS $69.40
More than 10 Characters:
USD $69.88
GBP £37.84
EUR €47.32
CAD $72.96
AUS $80.99
Customizations that you select may raise or lower the price.
The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "regular size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
(We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese
| Title | Characters Simplified Traditional |
Japanese Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Hanyu-Pinyin (Romanized Chinese) | |||
| Serenity | 静 靜 | shizu/sei | jìng | jing4 | ||
| A Life of Serenity Yields Understanding | 淡泊以明志宁静而致远 淡泊以明志寧靜而致遠 | n/a | dàn bó yǐ míng zhì, níng jìng ér zhì yuǎn | dan4 bo2 yi3 ming2 zhi4, ning2 jing4 er2 zhi4 yuan3 | ||
| Serenity / Tranquility | 静穏 靜穏 | seion | n/a | |||
| Tranquil / Tranquility / Serenity | 宁静 寧靜 | n/a | níng jìng | ning2 jing4 | ||
| Serenity / Tranquility | 平静 平靜 | heisei | píng jìng | ping2 jing4 | ||
| Serenity Prayer | 上帝我平静去接受我所不能改变的给我勇气去改变我所能改变的并给我智慧去分辨这两者 上帝我平靜去接受我所不能改變的給我勇氣去改變我所能改變的並給我智慧去分辨這兩者 | n/a | shàng dì cì wǒ píng jìng qù jiē shòu wǒ suǒ bù néng gǎi biàn wǒ yǒng qì qù gǎi biàn wǒ suǒ néng gǎi biàn bìng wǒ zhì huì qù fēn biàn zhè liǎng zhě | shang4 di4 ci4 gei3 wo3 ping2 jing4 qu4 jie1 shou4 wo3 suo3 bu4 neng2 gai3 bian4 de, gei3 wo3 yong3 qi4 qu4 gai3 bian4 wo3 suo3 neng2 gai3 bian4 de, bing4 gei3 wo3 zhi4 hui4 qu4 fen1 bian4 zhe4 liang3 zhe3 | ||
| Inner Peace | 内心平静 內心平靜 | naishinheizyou | nèi xīn píng jìng | nei4 xin1 ping2 jing4 | ||
| If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why we spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "Serenity" listings above. If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich. | ||||||
All custom calligraphy items are made-to-order in our little Beijing artwork-mounting workshop.
Normal delivery isjust over 3 weeksfor these handmade items.
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