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Quote from Confucius
默而识之学而不厌诲人不倦何有于我哉 is a quote from the Analects of Confucius that 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 the aid of a reference.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 倦 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
倦 see styles |
juàn juan4 chüan ken |
tired weariness |
勌 倦 see styles |
juàn juan4 chüan |
old variant of 倦[juan4] See: 倦 |
不倦 see styles |
bù juàn bu4 juan4 pu chüan |
tireless; untiring; indefatigable |
倦く see styles |
aku あく |
(v5k,vi) (1) (archaism) to tire of; to lose interest in; (2) to be satisfied; to enjoy; (3) to do adequately |
倦む see styles |
agumu うむ |
(v5m,vi) to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in |
倦る see styles |
akiru あきる |
(irregular okurigana usage) (v1,vi) to get tired of; to lose interest in; to have enough |
倦厭 see styles |
kenen けんえん |
(n,vs,vi) weariness |
倦容 see styles |
juàn róng juan4 rong2 chüan jung |
a weary look (on one's face) |
倦怠 see styles |
juàn dài juan4 dai4 chüan tai kentai けんたい |
worn out; exhausted; dispirited (n,vs,vi) weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui |
倦憊 see styles |
kenpai けんぱい |
(noun/participle) extreme fatigue |
勞倦 劳倦 see styles |
láo juàn lao2 juan4 lao chüan rōken |
exhausted; worn out exhaustion |
厭倦 厌倦 see styles |
yàn juàn yan4 juan4 yen chüan onken |
to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with to weary of |
困倦 see styles |
kùn juàn kun4 juan4 k`un chüan kun chüan |
tired; weary |
憊倦 惫倦 see styles |
bèi juàn bei4 juan4 pei chüan |
tired and sleepy; tipsy |
懈倦 see styles |
xiè juàn xie4 juan4 hsieh chüan kegen |
indolence |
無倦 无倦 see styles |
wú juàn wu2 juan4 wu chüan muken |
unwearing |
疲倦 see styles |
pí juàn pi2 juan4 p`i chüan pi chüan |
to tire; tired |
病倦 see styles |
bìng juàn bing4 juan4 ping chüan byōken |
tire of |
倦きる see styles |
akiru あきる |
(v1,vi) to get tired of; to lose interest in; to have enough |
倦ねる see styles |
aguneru あぐねる |
(Ichidan verb) (kana only) to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with |
倦怠感 see styles |
kentaikan けんたいかん |
physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling |
倦怠期 see styles |
kentaiki けんたいき |
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut |
無厭倦 无厌倦 see styles |
wú yàn juàn wu2 yan4 juan4 wu yen chüan mu enken |
not wearying |
不知疲倦 see styles |
bù zhī pí juàn bu4 zhi1 pi2 juan4 pu chih p`i chüan pu chih pi chüan |
untiring; not recognizing tiredness |
亹亹不倦 see styles |
wěi wěi bù juàn wei3 wei3 bu4 juan4 wei wei pu chüan |
on and on; relentlessly |
孜孜不倦 see styles |
zī zī bù juàn zi1 zi1 bu4 juan4 tzu tzu pu chüan |
lit. diligent and never slacking (idiom); continuous concentrated effort; assiduous (in study); to concentrate |
待ち倦む see styles |
machiagumu まちあぐむ |
(Godan verb with "mu" ending) to tire of waiting |
攻め倦む see styles |
semeagumu せめあぐむ |
(v5m,vi) to lose the attacking initiative |
曾無厭倦 曾无厌倦 see styles |
céng wú yàn juàn ceng2 wu2 yan4 juan4 ts`eng wu yen chüan tseng wu yen chüan sō mu enken |
never wearies [of] |
無倦憐愍 无倦怜愍 see styles |
wú juàn lián mǐn wu2 juan4 lian2 min3 wu chüan lien min muken renbin |
untiring kindness |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
The Ease of the Scholar | 默而識之學而不厭誨人不倦何有于我哉 默而识之学而不厌诲人不倦何有于我哉 | mò ér zhì zhī xué ér bù yàn huǐ rén bù juàn hé yòu yú wǒ zāi mo4 er2 zhi4 zhi1 xue2 er2 bu4 yan4 hui3 ren2 bu4 juan4 he2 you4 yu2 wo3 zai1 mo er zhi zhi xue er bu yan hui ren bu juan he you yu wo zai | mo erh chih chih hsüeh erh pu yen hui jen pu chüan ho yu yü wo tsai | |
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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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.
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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.
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