書藝室 Brush Room
Write the Thousand Character Classic one character at a time with a brush. Slow strokes come out thick and dark; quick ones split into dry-brush streaks. Then read where each character came from and keep a line of your own.
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1. 天地玄黃
Heaven is dark, and earth is yellow.
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2. 宇宙洪荒
The cosmos is vast and wild.
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3. 日月盈昃
The sun and moon wax and wane.
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4. 辰宿列張
The stars are spread out in their mansions.
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5. 寒來暑往
Cold comes, and heat goes.
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6. 秋收冬藏
Harvest in autumn, store in winter.
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7. 閏餘成歲
Leap days gather the remainder into a year.
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8. 律呂調陽
The pitch pipes tune yin and yang.
The first eight lines (32 characters) are open now; more will follow. Your progress and notes stay on this device.
