fancies of men of letters

fancies of men of letters

Qin, Qi, calligraphy and painting, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í NQ í sh à Hu à, which means playing Qin, playing chess, writing and painting. It is often used to express one's cultural accomplishment. It's from BEIMENG Suoyan.

The origin of Idioms

Sun Guangxian of the Song Dynasty, Volume 5 of Suoyan of the northern dream: "Gao Xie of Tang Dynasty was born in Pengzhou. He is wise and knowledgeable. As for the astronomical calendar, Qin, Qi, calligraphy and painting, flute and Hu Qin, they led the Liang Dynasty and Zhu Yi

Idiom usage

It is used as subject, object, predicate and attribute. The third volume of the book of FA Shu Yao Lu written by Zhang Yanyuan in Tang Dynasty: "the common surname of the debater is yuan, the great grandson of Liang Sikong ang. He is knowledgeable in argumentation, works and literature, as well as playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting The twelfth volume of Yu Shi Ming Yan by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "at the age of 25, he is rich and graceful, outstanding in talent, versatile in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. In the seventh chapter of he Dian written by Zhang Nanzhuang in the Qing Dynasty, it is said that "not only the description of the dragon and the embroidery of the Phoenix, but also the description of everything is fine.