Achieve Inner Peace - Find Deep Understanding

níng jìng ér zhì yuǎn

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This is five characters from a longer ten-character phase composed by Zhuge Liang about 1800 years ago. The phrase means "Your inner peace / tranquility / serenity will help you see or reach far (into the world)". 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.

This proverb was also adopted in Korea. These characters are also the ancient Korean Hanja form. In modern Korea, it's known as so this phrase is dual-language.

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About the materials and construction of this painting:

The calligraphy was done using black Chinese ink on xuan paper (known incorrectly in the west as "rice paper"). The raw artwork was then taken to our Wall Scroll Workshop where it was laminated to more sheets of xuan paper, and built into a beautiful portrait with silk brocade border.

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About the artist:

This calligraphy was created by Li Dan-Qing of Beijing. He's an older gentleman who has been involved with the art community of China, all of his life. Now in retirement, he creates calligraphy for us for sort of "hobby income".