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1、The FourArtsThe FourArts ,orthe FourArtsoftheChineseScholar.werethefourmainaccomplishmentsrequiredofthe Chinese scholargentleman.Theyare qin (the guqin,astringedinstrument. ), qi (thestrategygameof Go, 棋), shu (Chinesecalligraphy [kəˈlɪgrəfi]书法)and hua (Chinesepainting 畫
2、).Qín，isthemusicalinstrumentoftheliterati（文人）.Wecallitthegǔqín.Althoughitexclusively(专门的[ɪk'sklu:sɪvlɪ)meantthisinstrumentinancienttimes,ithasnowcometomeanallmusicalinstruments.Thegǔqínisaseven-stringedzither(古筝)thatowesitsinventiontotheChinesesocietyof3,000yearsago. Dur
3、ingthereignoftheimperial（帝国的，皇家的）China,ascholarwasexpectedtoplaythegǔqín。Gǔqínwasexploredasanart-formaswellasascience,andscholarsstrove（努力）tobothplayitwellandtocreatetextsonitsmanipulation（操作məˌnɪpjʊ'leɪʃn）.Gǔqínissoinfluentialthatitevenmadeitswayintospace:thespacecraftV
4、oyagerlaunchedbytheU.S.in1977containedavinylstylerecordofagǔqínpiecenamed“loftymountainsandflowingwater'”。thismusicisoneoftenfamousChineseancientpieces,anditisproducedbyyuboya,whenheplaysthismusic,zhongziqicouldtellwherehisambitionlay:hisloftyaims,hisaspirations(强烈的愿望).I
5、tisverymagical！Qi，alwaysreferstoweiqi.,notxiangqi.Wéiqíisagameinwhichtwoplayersalternateplacingblackandwhite stones ona playingsurface consistingofagrid(格子)of19multiply（相乘）19lines.Stonesareplacedontheintersections（交叉点[ɪntə'sekʃnz]）ofthegrid,ratherthaninsidethesquaresasin
6、chess.Thegameconcludeswhenbothplayersagreethattherearenomoveslefttoplay,andsopass.Thegameisthenscoredbywayofcountingtheemptyplayablepointsthateachplayerhasencircled（环绕的）,withcaptured（捕获）piecesfillinginterritory（['terətrɪ]范围）ofthesamecolor.Shuandhua，theyaremorecommonthanq
7、inandqi.ShuisChinesecalligraphy,huaisChinesepainting,theconcretecontentwereintroducedbyourclassmates，soIwon’tsaymangthingsaboutit.Inconclusion,thefourartsareChinesetraditionalculture。IFpossible,youcantrytolearnsthaboutit.It’sveryinteresting.
