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These three simple characters suggest that you are born, you learn to love, and then exit the world.
A 100-year-old is but a traveler passing through this life
淡泊以明志寧靜而致遠 is a kind of complex ten-character proverb composed by Zhuge Liang about 1800 years ago.
This is a Chinese proverb that 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.
See Also: Serenity
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
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bù zhì bù qiú bu4 zhi4 bu4 qiu2 pu chih pu ch`iu pu chih pu chiu |
(idiom) to be free of jealousy or greed; to live a simple life, free from worldly desires |
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Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Live Love Die | 生愛死 生爱死 | sei ai shi / seiaishi | shēng ài sǐ sheng1 ai4 si3 sheng ai si shengaisi | sheng ai ssu shengaissu |
Life is Short | 百歲光陰如過客 百岁光阴如过客 | bǎi suì guāng yīn rú guò kè bai3 sui4 guang1 yin1 ru2 guo4 ke4 bai sui guang yin ru guo ke baisuiguangyinruguoke | pai sui kuang yin ju kuo k`o paisuikuangyinjukuoko pai sui kuang yin ju kuo ko |
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A Life of Serenity Yields Understanding | 淡泊以明志寧靜而致遠 淡泊以明志宁静而致远 | dàn bó yǐ míng zhì, níng jìng ér zhì yuǎn dan4 bo2 yi3 ming2 zhi4, ning2 jing4 er2 zhi4 yuan3 dan bo yi ming zhi, ning jing er zhi yuan | tan po i ming chih, ning ching erh chih yüan | |
Tanjun Simplicity | 単純 | tanjun | ||
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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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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