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  1. Good Night

  2. Ivonne

  3. Night

  4. Lithuania

  5. Better Late Than Never

  6. Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu


 wǎn ān
Good Night Scroll

晚安 is how to write “good night” in Chinese.

This literally is a wish for an “evening of peace” or “night of calm.”

晚安 is not a normal title for a calligraphy wall scroll. It might be appropriate for a hotel front desk if anything.

 yī wǎn
Ivonne Scroll

伊婉 is the name Ivonne in Chinese (Mandarin).

 yè wǎn
Night Scroll

夜晚 is a two-character word that means night in Chinese.

 lì táo wǎn
Lithuania Scroll

This is the Chinese name for the country of Lithuania.


See Also:  Europe

Better Late Than Never

It's Never Too Late Too Mend

 wáng yáng bǔ láo yóu wèi wéi wǎn
Better Late Than Never Scroll

Long ago in what is now China, there were many kingdoms throughout the land. This time period is known as “The Warring States Period” by historians because these kingdoms often did not get along with each other.

Sometime around 279 B.C. the Kingdom of Chu was a large but not particularly powerful kingdom. Part of the reason it lacked power was the fact that the King was surrounded by “yes men” who told him only what he wanted to hear. Many of the King's court officials were corrupt and incompetent which did not help the situation.

The King was not blameless himself, as he started spending much of his time being entertained by his many concubines.

One of the King's ministers, Zhuang Xin, saw problems on the horizon for the Kingdom, and warned the King, “Your Majesty, you are surrounded by people who tell you what you want to hear. They tell you things to make you happy and cause you to ignore important state affairs. If this is allowed to continue, the Kingdom of Chu will surely perish, and fall into ruins.”

This enraged the King who scolded Zhuang Xin for insulting the country and accused him of trying to create resentment among the people. Zhuang Xin explained, “I dare not curse the Kingdom of Chu but I feel that we face great danger in the future because of the current situation.” The King was simply not impressed with Zhuang Xin's words.
Seeing the King's displeasure with him and the King's fondness for his court of corrupt officials, Zhuang Xin asked permission from the King that he may take leave of the Kingdom of Chu, and travel to the State of Zhao to live. The King agreed, and Zhuang Xin left the Kingdom of Chu, perhaps forever.

Five months later, troops from the neighboring Kingdom of Qin invaded Chu, taking a huge tract of land. The King of Chu went into exile, and it appeared that soon, the Kingdom of Chu would no longer exist.

The King of Chu remembered the words of Zhuang Xin and sent some of his men to find him. Immediately, Zhuang Xin returned to meet the King. The first question asked by the King was “What can I do now?”

Zhuang Xin told the King this story:

A shepherd woke one morning to find a sheep missing. Looking at the pen saw a hole in the fence where a wolf had come through to steal one of his sheep. His friends told him that he had best fix the hole at once. But the Shepherd thought since the sheep is already gone, there is no use fixing the hole.
The next morning, another sheep was missing. And the Shepherd realized that he must mend the fence at once. Zhuang Xin then went on to make suggestions about what could be done to reclaim the land lost to the Kingdom of Qin, and reclaim the former glory and integrity of the Kingdom of Chu.

The Chinese idiom shown above came from this reply from Zhuang Xin to the King of Chu almost 2,300 years ago.
It translates roughly into English as...
“Even if you have lost some sheep, it's never too late to mend the fence.”

This proverb, 亡羊补牢犹未为晚, is often used in modern China when suggesting in a hopeful way that someone change their ways, or fix something in their life. It might be used to suggest fixing a marriage, quitting smoking, or getting back on track after taking an unfortunate path in life among other things one might fix in their life.

I suppose in the same way that we might say, “Today is the first day of the rest of your life” in our western cultures to suggest that you can always start anew.

Note: This does have Korean pronunciation but is not a well-known proverb in Korean (only Koreans familiar with ancient Chinese history would know it). Best if your audience is Chinese.

Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu

 yuǎn shàng hán shān shí jìng xiá bái yún shēng chù yǒu rén jiā tíng chē zuò ài fēng lín wǎn shuàng yè hóng yú èr yuè huā
Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu Scroll

This poem was written almost 1200 years ago during the Tang dynasty.

It depicts traveling up a place known as Cold Mountain, where some hearty people have built their homes. The traveler is overwhelmed by the beauty of the turning leaves of the maple forest that surrounds him just as night overtakes the day, and darkness prevails. His heart implores him to stop, and take in all of the beauty around him.

First, before you get to the full translation, I must tell you that Chinese poetry is a lot different than what we have in the west. Chinese words simply don't rhyme in the same way that English or other western languages do. Chinese poetry depends on rhythm and a certain beat of repeated numbers of characters.

I have done my best to translate this poem keeping a certain feel of the original poet. But some of the original beauty of the poem in its original Chinese will be lost in translation.


Far away on Cold Mountain, a stone path leads upwards.
Among white clouds, people's homes reside.
Stopping my carriage I must, as to admire the maple forest at nights fall.
In awe of autumn leaves showing more red than even flowers of early spring.


Hopefully, this poem will remind you to stop, and “take it all in” as you travel through life.
The poet's name is “Du Mu” in Chinese that is: 杜牧.
The title of the poem, “Mountain Travels” is: 山行
You can have the title, poet's name, and even “Tang Dynasty” written as an inscription on your custom wall scroll if you like.

More about the poet:

Dumu lived from 803-852 AD and was a leading Chinese poet during the later part of the Tang dynasty.
He was born in Chang'an, a city in central China and the former capital of the ancient Chinese empire in 221-206 BC. In present-day China, his birthplace is currently known as Xi'an, the home of the Terracotta Soldiers.

He was awarded his Jinshi degree (an exam administered by the emperor's court which leads to becoming an official of the court) at the age of 25 and went on to hold many official positions over the years. However, he never achieved a high rank, apparently because of some disputes between various factions, and his family's criticism of the government. His last post in the court was his appointment to the office of Secretariat Drafter.

During his life, he wrote scores of narrative poems, as well as a commentary on the Art of War and many letters of advice to high officials.

His poems were often very realistic and often depicted everyday life. He wrote poems about everything, from drinking beer in a tavern to weepy poems about lost love.

The thing that strikes you most is the fact even after 1200 years, not much has changed about the beauty of nature, toils, and troubles of love and beer drinking.


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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your wan3 search...

Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

夜晚

see styles
wǎn
    ye4 wan3
yeh wan

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Night
night; CL:個|个[ge4]

惋惜

see styles
wǎn
    wan3 xi1
wan hsi

More info & calligraphy:

Sorrow / Feeling Sorry
to regret; to feel that it is a great pity; to feel sorry for sb

晚安

see styles
wǎn ān
    wan3 an1
wan an

More info & calligraphy:

Good Night
Good night!; Good evening!

立陶宛

see styles
lì táo wǎn
    li4 tao2 wan3
li t`ao wan
    li tao wan

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Lithuania
Lithuania

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
variant of 碗[wan3]

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wǎn
    wan3
wan
complaisant; agreeable

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
 en
    えん
graceful; tactful
(female given name) En
flexible

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wǎn
    wan3
wan
 ango
    あんご
winding; as if
(1) aim; object; purpose; end; (2) expectations; prospects; hopes; (3) something that can be relied upon; (4) (ksb:) snack served with alcoholic drink; (suffix noun) (5) pad; guard; (n-suf,n-pref) (6) blow; strike; (suffix) (7) addressed to; (8) (kana only) per; (personal name) Ango
completely

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
to sigh in regret or pity; Taiwan pr. [wan4]

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
 hiki
    ひき
to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow); to roll up; to coil; to carry on the arm; to lament the dead; (fig.) to pull against; to recover
(surname) Hiki

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wǎn
    wan3
wan
 ban
evening; night; late
twilight

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
old variant of 皖[Wan3]

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
 ban
    ばん
variant of 晚[wan3]
(n,adv) (1) evening; night; (2) (abbreviation) (See 晩飯・ばんめし) dinner; evening meal; (counter) (3) counter for nights; (surname) Ban
Sunset, evening, twilight; late.


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wǎn
    wan3
wan
 wan
    わん
variant of 碗[wan3]
(1) (See 碗・1) bowl (wooden); (counter) (2) counter for bowls of food or drink
bowl

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
ensign of royalty

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
a field of 20 or 30 mu

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
 kiyoshi
    きよし
short name for Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]
(male given name) Kiyoshi


see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
variant of 碗[wan3]
See:

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
 wan
    わん
bowl; cup; CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4]
(1) (See 椀・わん・1) bowl (ceramic, porcelain); (counter) (2) counter for bowls of food or drink


see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
bind up; string together

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
internal cavity of stomach

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
 kanji
    かんじ
smile
(kana only) softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani); (personal name) Kanji

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
ankle; fetlock; bent; crooked


see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
variant of 挽[wan3]; to draw (a cart); to lament the dead
See:

see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
 ajima
    あじま
variant of 碗[wan3]
small metal bowl; (place-name) Ajima


see styles
wǎn
    wan3
wan
variant of 碗[wan3]
See:

今晚

see styles
jīn wǎn
    jin1 wan3
chin wan
tonight

傍晚

see styles
bàng wǎn
    bang4 wan3
pang wan
in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk

哀婉

see styles
āi wǎn
    ai1 wan3
ai wan
(esp. of poetry, music) melancholy; sad and moving

委婉

see styles
wěi wǎn
    wei3 wan3
wei wan
tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Good Night晚安wǎn ān / wan3 an1 / wan an / wanan
Ivonne伊婉yī wǎn / yi1 wan3 / yi wan / yiwani wan / iwan
Night夜晚yè wǎn / ye4 wan3 / ye wan / yewanyeh wan / yehwan
Lithuania立陶宛lì táo wǎn
li4 tao2 wan3
li tao wan
litaowan
li t`ao wan
litaowan
li tao wan
Better Late Than Never亡羊補牢猶未為晚
亡羊补牢犹未为晚
wáng yáng bǔ láo yóu wèi wéi wǎn
wang2 yang2 bu3 lao2 you2 wei4 wei2 wan3
wang yang bu lao you wei wei wan
wang yang pu lao yu wei wei wan
wangyangpulaoyuweiweiwan
Mountain Travels Poem by Dumu遠上寒山石徑斜白雲生處有人家停車坐愛楓林晚霜葉紅於二月花
远上寒山石径斜白云生处有人家停车坐爱枫林晚霜叶红于二月花
yuǎn shàng hán shān shí jìng xiá bái yún shēng chù yǒu rén jiā tíng chē zuò ài fēng lín wǎn shuàng yè hóng yú èr yuè huā
yuan3 shang4 han2 shan1 shi2 jing4 xia2 bai2 yun2 sheng1 chu4 you3 ren2 jia1 ting2 che1 zuo4 ai4 feng1 lin2 wan3 shuang4 ye4 hong2 yu2 er4 yue4 hua1
yuan shang han shan shi jing xia bai yun sheng chu you ren jia ting che zuo ai feng lin wan shuang ye hong yu er yue hua
yüan shang han shan shih ching hsia pai yün sheng ch`u yu jen chia t`ing ch`e tso ai feng lin wan shuang yeh hung yü erh yüeh hua
yüan shang han shan shih ching hsia pai yün sheng chu yu jen chia ting che tso ai feng lin wan shuang yeh hung yü erh yüeh hua
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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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