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2. Water Dragon / Coiled Dragon
3. Red Dragon / Vermillion Dragon
5. White Dragon
6. Black Dragon
8. Phoenix
龍之道 is how the way of the dragon is written in Chinese.
龍之道 is not the same as the Chinese movie that was titled in English as “The Way of the Dragon.” 龍之道 is, rather, the literal meaning of the dragon's way. The first character is dragon, the second is a possessive article, and the third character means way or path.
朱龍 is a sophisticated or scholarly way to say “Red Dragon.” 朱龍 is the title you'd expect in ancient Chinese literature.
The first character means red, cinnabar, or vermillion.
The second character means dragon.
It is said that the Vermillion Dragon represents kings that bestow blessings on lakes or bodies of water. This makes more sense in an ancient Chinese context.
黃龍 is a sophisticated or scholarly way to say “Yellow Dragon.” 黃龍 is the title you'd expect in ancient Chinese literature.
The first character means yellow.
The second character means dragon.
The Yellow Dragon represents a king that favorably hears all petitions of his subjects.
Note: This title can be the name of Huanglong county in Yan’an, located in Shaanxi province of China.
龍鳳 is the simplest way to express “Dragon and Phoenix” in Chinese and Japanese.
This title can be used to represent, “The emperor and empress,” or a metaphor for an outstanding personage.
It should be noted that this is most often used as a given name, “Ryuuhou” in Japanese. It may be read more as a name than by meaning in Japanese.
鳳 is the simplest way to write “Phoenix” in Chinese. Because the dragon is usually expressed as a single character, when you see “dragon and phoenix” written in Chinese, you'll often see this single-character version.
Please note, this is also the male element of a phoenix, so it also means “male phoenix bird.” However, some Chinese people may argue that the phoenix has a female characteristic, regardless of which character you use.
凰 is another simple way to write “Phoenix” in Chinese. 凰 is the specifically female element of a phoenix, so this is how you write “female phoenix.” 凰 is sometimes used to represent the female empress (many times in history, China was ruled by a woman, in much the same way queens came to power in Europe).
Note that the emperor is always represented as a dragon (not the male version of a phoenix).
If you see yourself as a strong woman, this might be a calligraphy scroll for you to express “woman power” or “powerful woman” in a cool way.
海為龍世界雲是鶴家鄉 is a somewhat poetic way to say that everyone and everything has its place in the world.
The first line (which is the column on the right) says, “The Ocean is the World of the Dragon.” The next column says, “The Clouds are the Domain of the Cranes.”
The image to the right is what this calligraphy can look like in xing-kaishu style by a Master Calligrapher.
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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 Dragon | 龍之道 龙之道 | lóng zhī dào long2 zhi1 dao4 long zhi dao longzhidao | lung chih tao lungchihtao |
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The Way of the Dragon | 猛龍過江 猛龙过江 | měng lóng guò jiāng meng3 long2 guo4 jiang1 meng long guo jiang menglongguojiang | meng lung kuo chiang menglungkuochiang |
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Water Dragon Coiled Dragon | 蟠龍 蟠龙 | han ryuu / hanryuu / han ryu | pān lóng / pan1 long2 / pan long / panlong | p`an lung / panlung / pan lung |
Red Dragon Vermillion Dragon | 朱龍 朱龙 | zhū lóng / zhu1 long2 / zhu long / zhulong | chu lung / chulung | |
Yellow Dragon | 黃龍 黄龙 | huáng lóng huang2 long2 huang long huanglong | huang lung huanglung |
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White Dragon | 白龍 白龙 | bái lóng / bai2 long2 / bai long / bailong | pai lung / pailung | |
Black Dragon | 玄龍 玄龙 | xuān lóng xuan1 long2 xuan long xuanlong | hsüan lung hsüanlung |
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Black Dragon | 墨龍 墨龙 | mò lóng / mo4 long2 / mo long / molong | mo lung / molung | |
Dragon and Phoenix | 龍鳳 龙凤 | ryuu hou / ryuuhou / ryu ho | lóng fèng long2 feng4 long feng longfeng | lung feng lungfeng |
Phoenix (male) | 鳳 凤 | ootori / otori | fèng / feng4 / feng | |
Phoenix (female) | 凰 | ou / o | huáng / huang2 / huang | |
Every Creature Has A Domain | 海為龍世界雲是鶴家鄉 海为龙世界云是鹤家乡 | hǎi wéi lóng shì jiè yún shì hè jiā xiāng hai3 wei2 long2 shi4 jie4 yun2 shi4 he4 jia1 xiang1 hai wei long shi jie yun shi he jia xiang | hai wei lung shih chieh yün shih ho chia hsiang | |
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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