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Mandarin: ā léi kè
This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Alec
Score: 100/100
masculine name
Mandarin: yīn dá lái xī ào
This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Indalecio
Score: 100/100
Mandarin: zì xíng shù xiū yǐ shàng wú wèi cháng wú huì yān
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above are read
vertically, starting
from the right
This quote from the Analects of Confucius translates as:
For anyone who brings even the smallest token of appreciation, I have yet to refuse instruction.
Another way to put it is: If a student (or potential student) shows just an ounce of interest, desire, or appreciation for the opportunity to learn, a teacher should offer a pound of knowledge.
This was written over 2500 years ago. The composition is in ancient Chinese grammar and phrasing. A modern Chinese person would need a background in Chinese literature to understand this without aid of a reference.
Score: 6/100
Qoute from Confucius
Mandarin: zhì yú dào jù yú dé yī yú rén yóu yú yì
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This quote from the Analects of Confucius translates as:
Resolve yourself in the Dao/Tao/Way.
Rely on Virtue.
Reside in benevolence.
Revel in the arts.
According to Confucius, these are the tenets of good and proper conduct.
This was written over 2500 years ago. The composition is in ancient Chinese grammar and phrasing. A modern Chinese person would need a background in Chinese literature to understand this without aid of a reference.
Score: 6/100
Qoute from Confucius
Mandarin: mò ér zhì zhī xué ér bù yàn huǐ rén bù juàn hé yòu yú wǒ zāi
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This quote from the Analects of Confucius translates as:
To quietly recite and memorize the classics,
to love learning without tiring of it,
never be bored with teaching,
How could these be difficult for me?
This is a suggestion that for a true scholar, all of these things come with ease.
This was written over 2500 years ago. The composition is in ancient Chinese grammar and phrasing. A modern Chinese person would need a background in Chinese literature to understand this without aid of a reference.
Score: 6/100
Wall scroll artwork shown on this page is priced as follows:
2-3 characters $39.88 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 $13 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:
2-3 Characters:
USD $39.88
GBP £24.20
EUR €26.92
CAD $42.74
AUS $43.87
5-10 Characters:
USD $59.88
GBP £36.34
EUR €40.42
CAD $64.17
AUS $65.88
More than 10 Characters:
USD $69.88
GBP £42.41
EUR €47.17
CAD $74.88
AUS $76.88
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.
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 |
Various forms of Hanyu-Pinyin (Romanized Chinese) | ||||
| Alec | 阿雷克 阿雷克 | ā léi kè a lei ke | a1 lei2 ke4 aleike | |||
| Indalecio | 因达莱西奥 因達萊西奧 | yīn dá lái xī ào yin da lai xi ao | yin1 da2 lai2 xi1 ao4 yindalaixiao | |||
| Confucius: Universal Education | 自行束脩以上吾未尝无诲焉 自行束脩以上吾未嘗無誨焉 (note 嘗 = 嚐) | zì xíng shù xiū yǐ shàng wú wèi cháng wú huì yān zi xing shu xiu yi shang wu wei chang wu hui yan | zi4 xing2 shu4 xiu1 yi3 shang4 wu2 wei4 chang2 wu2 hui4 yan1 | |||
| The Foundation of Good Conduct | 志于道据于德依于仁游于艺 誌于道據于德依于仁遊于藝 | zhì yú dào jù yú dé yī yú rén yóu yú yì zhi yu dao ju yu de yi yu ren you yu yi | zhi4 yu2 dao4 ju4 yu2 de2 yi1 yu2 ren2 you2 yu2 yi4 | |||
| The Ease of the Scholar | 默而识之学而不厌诲人不倦何有于我哉 默而識之學而不厭誨人不倦何有于我哉 | mò ér zhì zhī xué ér bù yàn huǐ rén bù juàn hé yòu yú wǒ zāi mo er zhi zhi xue er bu yan hui ren bu juan he you yu wo zai | mo4 er2 zhi4 zhi1 xue2 er2 bu4 yan4 hui3 ren2 bu4 juan4 he2 you4 yu2 wo3 zai1 | |||
| 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 "alec" 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. | ||||||
Some people may refer to this entry as Alec Kanji, Alec Characters, Alec in Chinese Writing, Alec in Japanese Writing, Alec in Asian Writing, Alec Ideograms, Chinese Alec symbols, Alec Hieroglyphics, Alec Glyphs, Alec in Chinese Letters, Alec Hanzi, Alec in Japanese Kanji, Alec Pictograms, Alec in the Chinese Written-Language, or Alec in the Japanese Written-Language.
All custom calligraphy items are made-to-order in our little Beijing artwork-mounting workshop.
Please note: Rush service can be as fast as two weeks, but regular service is over a month for delivery.
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