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Playing with instruments of ritual and music can improve one's virtue.

Playing with old ink engravings can help you refine your art.

——Dong Qichang of Ming Dynasty

Culture, this side activity of life, is the belief and behavior that some people use to carry out their lives.

When the noblest part of a person's character blooms in every aspect of life, when a person's aesthetic taste is enough to give life a sense of elegance and flavor - that is due to culture.

Culture is not knowledge; culture is the pursuit of beauty beyond knowledge.

Everything in the world is nourished. Plants and trees grow in the wild, and they thrive under the rain and dew; the body and mind are nourished in the study, and they are nourished by writing.

If the study is a person's spiritual sanctuary, then the objects in the study are the pearls in this sanctuary.

Our ancestors said about the paper room: "Write from time to time to maintain your pen, grind from time to time to maintain your ink, wash from time to time to maintain your inkstone, and unroll and roll from time to time to maintain your paper."

When you visit the study room from time to time, you can enjoy the study supplies and pass the years; when you often touch the ancient things, your body and mind can be spiritually enriched. Culture is the best nourishment.

The nourishment of life comes from the pursuit of the fun of life and even more from the immersion in long-lasting things. In the living rooms of ancient Chinese literati, there must be pens, ink, paper, and inkstones on the desks. There are also musical instruments, chess, books, and paintings in the studio. In addition, there are all kinds of elegant objects.

Today, when we modern people see these old stationery from afar, as long as we experience them with our heart, we can hear the excited voices of the ancients and see their sincere faces.

They spend their time in the study, either to collect and play, or to study things, or to relax... They nourish us with culture and build a brilliant world for us.

Play with the text

Can nourish the heart

Culture is formed through accumulation over time, and the art of collecting and playing with it can nourish the mind.

When literati look at objects, elegance or vulgarity is often the first criterion. When they see an object, they judge its quality and, with the heart and mind of a gentleman, define the realm of "great elegance" and create a true charm and flavor that conforms to the aesthetic taste of literati.

The room is filled with beautiful things, and the leisure time on earth is better than the paradise.

Copying famous calligraphy works, returning to the truth with order, the ink pool condenses with fragrance; admiring the pure stone, exquisite like smoke and cloud, with muscles and bones as tall as heaven and earth; appreciating the green grass and bamboo, the elegance fills the room, and the desk becomes a quiet field... The empty hut is quiet and spacious, where you can sit and let go of your worries, and the elegant objects reveal the true rhyme; the spacious room is calm and unrestrained.

Studying Things with Literature

Can nourish qi

When studying things, one should have an aesthetic seed and draw nourishment from traditional standards.

Our ancestors said: "The zither makes people quiet, the staff makes people light, the dust makes people elegant, the bamboo makes people cool, and the stone makes people thoughtful..."

In addition to leisure and entertainment, the study room is full of poetic charm, which makes people feel relaxed both physically and mentally. "Follow your heart's desire without going beyond the rules", studying things is to be a person, the heart is free from restraint, but also does not go beyond the rules.

To understand one's mind and nature within a certain set of rules, to conform to the rules and set an example for future generations, this is the highest realm of knowing through investigation of things. From things to tools, from tools to people, in the process of investigation of things one can gain conscience, and in the process of influence one can cultivate true energy.

Living in leisure with literature

Can nourish ambition

Chinese philosophy is a philosophy of leisure, and leisure can cultivate one's mind.

As the Song Dynasty poet Ni Siyou said: "Reading books on ethics and philosophy, learning calligraphy, sitting quietly with a clear mind, having elegant conversations with good friends, having a drink, watering flowers and planting bamboos, listening to music and playing with cranes, burning incense and brewing tea, climbing the city walls and looking at the mountains, playing chess and playing chess. Apart from these ten things, although there are other pleasures, I will not change them."

When life is leisurely, long objects are used as companions. Whether it is reading, copying calligraphy, burning incense, or playing the piano, playing chess, or drinking tea, all of them are carried out with long objects in the study.

Having a period of leisure time, clearing the mind and enjoying the pursuit of leisure and elegance constitutes a brilliant aesthetic philosophy, which influences the world's pursuit of leisure and elegance.

"Today, we are far away from spiritual luxury. Today's nobles and wealthy people do not have such a life, because cultural life is not just about material abundance, but also about spiritual nobility, it is the real romance."

In this sense, pursuing beauty through culture means making beauty always present in life. If life is a flower, then soil is culture. I hope that in our daily lives, the seeds of beauty can fall and the most wonderful flower can bloom.