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The four arts (四藝, ''siyi''), or the four arts of the Chinese scholar, were the four main accomplishments required of the Chinese scholar-gentleman. They are ''qin'' (the guqin, a stringed instrument. 琴), ''qi'' (the strategy game of Go, 棋), ''shu'' (Chinese calligraphy 書) and ''hua'' (Chinese painting 畫). ==Origin of the concept== Although the individual elements of the concept have very long histories as activities befitting a learned person, the earliest written source putting the four together is Zhang Yanyuan's ''Fashu Yaolu'' (Compendium of Calligraphy) from the Tang Dynasty. File:The Eighteen Scholars by an anonymous Ming artist 1.jpg|''Qin'' File:The Eighteen Scholars by an anonymous Ming artist 2.jpg|''Wéiqí (Go)'' File:The Eighteen Scholars by an anonymous Ming artist 3.jpg|''Calligraphy'' File:The Eighteen Scholars by an anonymous Ming artist 4.jpg|''Painting'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Four arts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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