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文江學海 is a Chinese proverb that reads, “river of literacy, a sea of learning”
This suggests that there is a lot to learn in the world, with an eternal amount of reading and things to study.
文江學海 is one way to translate the quote from Hippocrates, “ars longa, vita brevis,” meaning “it takes a long time to acquire and perfect one's expertise.”
See Also: Learning is Eternal
慧 is a single character that can mean wisdom but it has more of an “intelligent” flavor. This can also mean cleverness or wit.
Japanese note: 慧 is understood in Japanese but seldom seen as a lone Kanji.
See Also: Realization and Knowledge | Sea of Learning | Read
賢明 is a Japanese word that refers to wisdom, intelligence, and prudence.
賢明 was originally a Chinese word that referred to a wise person or enlightened ruler. It means wise and able, sagacious now in China.
See Also: Realization and Knowledge | Sea of Learning | Read
智恵 is a Japanese word that means wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence.
In the Buddhist context, this is prajna (insight leading to enlightenment).
This can also be the Japanese female given name Norie.
See Also: Realization and Knowledge | Sea of Learning | Read
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
文江學海 文江学海 see styles |
wén jiāng xué hǎi wen2 jiang1 xue2 hai3 wen chiang hsüeh hai |
More info & calligraphy: River of Literacy, Sea of Learning |
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| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| River of Literacy, Sea of Learning | 文江學海 文江学海 | wén jiāng xué hǎi wen2 jiang1 xue2 hai3 wen jiang xue hai wenjiangxuehai | wen chiang hsüeh hai wenchianghsüehhai |
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| Wisdom Intelligence | 慧 | e / kei | huì / hui4 / hui | |
| Wisdom Intelligence | 賢明 贤明 | ken mei / kenmei | xián míng xian2 ming2 xian ming xianming | hsien ming hsienming |
| Wisdom Intelligence | 智恵 | chie | ||
| 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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