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The Tao of the Waves
禪道 is a title used in certain contexts but is not widely known by the general population of China or Japan.
In Japanese, you will see this title romanized as “zendo,” which is the brand name of a board game, and also a title used by some martial arts studios and karate dojos. Oddly, many translate this as “zen fist,” although there is no “fist” in the title. If you literally translated this title, it would be “meditation way” or “meditation method.”
In Chinese, this would be “chan dao” with the same literal meaning as the Japanese title. It's used in China by just a handful of martial arts styles/studios.
You should only order this title if you really understand the meaning, and it has some personal connection to you (such as practicing a martial art style that uses this title, or if you love the board game Zendo). Many who see your wall scroll will not be familiar with this title, and you'll have some explaining to do.
The first character can also be written in a more complex traditional way as shown to the right. Let us know in the special instructions for your calligraphy project if you want this style.
If you order this from the Japanese master calligrapher, the first character will automatically be written with an extra dot on top. This is the variant form of the original Chinese character which is commonly used in modern Japan Kanji. See sample to the right.
棋 is the most simple or generic way to write “chess” in Asia.
棋 is part of other more specific words for board games of strategy such as the western version of chess, Chinese chess, Weiqi, or Go.
In Japanese, this single character is pronounced “Go” and often refers to the game known in the west as “Go” (not just the 5-in-a-row version but also the complicated encirclement game of strategy known in China as Weiqi).
In Chinese, this can be more ambiguous as to which game of chess you speak.
If you like any version of chess, or games of intense strategy, this can be the character to hang on the wall in your game room.
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Live and Let Die
Live by the Sword Die by the Sword
Live for the Day
Live for the Day / Seize the Day
Live for What You Love
Live Free or Die
Live in Peace and Contentment
Live in Prosperity
Live in the Moment / Live in the Now
Live Laugh Love
Live Long and Prosper
Live Love Die
Live Strong
Live Together and Help Each Other
Live Well
Live Without Regret
Living / Live Life
Stay Strong / Indestructible / Unbreakable
Stay Strong / Iron Will
Traveler / to Live Abroad
You Only Live Once
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your board search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
棋 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi go ご |
More info & calligraphy: Chessgo (board game of capturing territory) |
丁丁 see styles |
zhēng zhēng zheng1 zheng1 cheng cheng toutou / toto とうとう chouchou / chocho ちょうちょう |
More info & calligraphy: Tintin(adv,n) clashing of swords; felling of trees; ringing of an ax |
オセロ see styles |
osero オセロ |
More info & calligraphy: Othello |
ホール see styles |
booru ボール |
(1) ball; (2) {baseb} ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); (3) bowl; (4) (abbreviation) (See ボール紙) board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.); (place-name, surname) Pool; Poel; Pohl; Pol; Pole; Powle; Poole |
冕 see styles |
miǎn mian3 mien ben べん |
crown in the form of a horizontal board with hanging decorations; imperial crown (See 冕冠) benkan (type of square ceremonial crown); (given name) Ben |
委 see styles |
wěi wei3 wei i い |
to entrust; to cast aside; to shift (blame etc); to accumulate; roundabout; winding; dejected; listless; committee member; council; end; actually; certainly (suffix noun) (abbreviation) (See 委員会) committee; commission; board; panel; (female given name) Tomo To throw down, depute; really; crooked; the end. |
庁 see styles |
tīng ting1 t`ing ting chou / cho ちょう |
Japanese variant of 廳|厅 (n,n-suf) government office; agency; board; (place-name) Chō |
弈 see styles |
yì yi4 i |
ancient name for go (Chinese board game) |
板 see styles |
bǎn ban3 pan ita いた |
board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); CL:塊|块[kuai4]; accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious (1) board; plank; (2) sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); pane; slab; (3) (See 俎板・1) cutting board; chopping board; (4) (abbreviation) (usu. as 板さん) (See 板前・1,板場・いたば・2) chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook; (5) stage (i.e. at a theatre); (personal name) Ban A board; a board struck for calling e. g. to meals. |
棊 棋 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi go ご |
variant of 棋[qi2] go (board game of capturing territory) |
爼 see styles |
manaita まないた |
chopping board |
牏 see styles |
tóu tou2 t`ou tou |
short board; plank |
盤 盘 see styles |
pán pan2 p`an pan ban ばん |
plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess (1) board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (2) (phonograph) record; disc; disk; (suffix noun) (3) board; panel; plate; (personal name) Ban A dish, plate; round, to coil, wind up; to go about, travel, convey; to inquire about, interrogate. Translit. pa, ba, bha, va; cf. 般, 半, etc. |
碁 棋 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi go ご |
variant of 棋[qi2] go (board game of capturing territory) |
笮 see styles |
zé ze2 tse |
board under tiles on roof; narrow |
罫 see styles |
guà gua4 kua kei; ke(ok) / ke; ke(ok) けい; け(ok) |
squares of a chess board (1) rule; (ruled) line; (2) line (on a go board, shogi board, etc.) |
部 see styles |
bù bu4 pu be べ |
ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc (hist) hereditary occupational group (Yamato period); (surname) Takanabe A group, tribe, class, division, section; a board, office; school, sect; a work in volumes, a heading or section of a work. |
鞃 see styles |
hóng hong2 hung |
a leaning board on carriage |
額 额 see styles |
é e2 o hitai ひたい |
forehead; horizontal tablet or inscribed board; specified number or amount forehead; brow; (place-name) Hake The forehead; a fixed (number); suddenly; translit. a; v. 阿, 安, etc. |
一律 see styles |
yī lǜ yi1 lu:4 i lü ichiritsu いちりつ |
same; uniformly; all; without exception (adj-no,adj-na,adv,n) uniform; even; across-the-board; equal |
上辺 see styles |
jouhen / johen じょうへん |
upper side (go, chess, othello board); (surname) Uwabe |
下宿 see styles |
geshuku げしゅく |
(noun/participle) (1) boarding; lodging; board and lodging; room and board; (2) boarding house; lodging house; lodgings; (surname) Shimoyado |
主板 see styles |
zhǔ bǎn zhu3 ban3 chu pan |
(computing) motherboard; (stock market) main board |
乗す see styles |
nosu のす |
(transitive verb) to place on (something); to take on board; to give a ride to |
乗る see styles |
noru のる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; (2) to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; (3) to reach; to go over; to pass; (4) to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); (5) to take part; to participate; to join; (6) to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); (7) to be deceived; to be taken in; (8) to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; (9) to stick; to attach; to take; to go on |
乘る see styles |
noru のる |
(out-dated kanji) (v5r,vi) (1) to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; (2) to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; (3) to reach; to go over; to pass; (4) to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); (5) to take part; to participate; to join; (6) to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); (7) to be deceived; to be taken in; (8) to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; (9) to stick; to attach; to take; to go on |
乘組 乘组 see styles |
chéng zǔ cheng2 zu3 ch`eng tsu cheng tsu |
crew (on board a spacecraft) |
佈告 布告 see styles |
bù gào bu4 gao4 pu kao |
posting on a bulletin board; notice; bulletin; to announce |
位牌 see styles |
wèi pái wei4 pai2 wei p`ai wei pai ihai いはい |
Buddhist mortuary tablet The board, or record of official position. |
住校 see styles |
zhù xiào zhu4 xiao4 chu hsiao |
to board at school |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
The Way of the Wave | 浪之道 | làng zhī dào lang4 zhi1 dao4 lang zhi dao langzhidao | lang chih tao langchihtao |
|
Zendo The Zen Way | 禅道 / 禪道 禅道 | zen dou / zendou / zen do | chán dào / chan2 dao4 / chan dao / chandao | ch`an tao / chantao / chan tao |
Chess | 棋 | go | qí / qi2 / qi | ch`i / chi |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my 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.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.
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