Chinese Calligraphy 中国书法

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Okay, and the last stop on our tour is the study.
好了，我们参观的最后一站是书房。
Wow, this is incredible. Look at all the books! And what's all this stuff on the desk?
哇，这太不可思议了。看这些书！桌子上这些是什么东西呀？
That's my calligraphy gear: ink, paper, brushes, and an inkstone. We call them the Four Treasures.
那是我的书法用具：墨水、纸、毛笔和砚台。我们称之为“文房四宝”。
Amazing. It looks so graceful yet chaotic at the same time.
好神奇啊。看起来混乱中透着优雅。
Balance and rhythm are essential in calligraphy. At its very heart, it's all about correct strokes, stroke order, and character structure.
平衡和韵律在书法中是必不可少的。它的核心就在于正确的笔画、笔画的顺序和字体结构。
I was pretty good at handwriting in school, but I'm not sure I could ever do this.
我上学的时候字写得也挺好的，但我觉得我可能写不出这样的来。
Well, calligraphy requires a high level of concentration and patience, things which I think are invaluable to a person's refinement.
嗯，书法需要高度的专注和耐心，我认为这些对一个人的修养是非常宝贵的。
So, in a way it's a kind of aesthetic meditation?
所以，从某种程度上说，这算是一种美学冥想吗？
That's it exactly!
非常对！
Expansion | 知识拓展
The origin of the term "calligraphy"
一词的由来

Calligraphy is the art of beautiful handwriting. The term may derive from the Greek words for “beauty” (kallos) and “to write” (graphein). It implies a sure knowledge of the correct form of letters along with the skill to make and properly order the various parts and proportions harmoniously. However, calligraphic work, as art, need not be legible in the usual sense of the word.
书法（calligraphy）指的是书写的美学艺术。calligraphy这个词可能来源于希腊语中的kallos（美）和graphein（书写）。它指的就是将正确的字母书写形式和书写技巧结合起来，可以使各个部分顺序合适、比例和谐。然而，书法作品作为一种艺术形式，通常不必写得如平时那么清晰易读。

Nonetheless, after the introduction of printing in Europe in the mid-15th century, a clear distinction arose between handwriting and more elaborate forms of scripts and lettering. In fact, new words meaning “calligraphy” entered most European languages around the end of the 16th century, and in English the word calligraphy did not appear until 1613.
然而，在15世纪中期欧洲引入印刷术之后，手写字与更为精细漂亮的文本字迹以及字体之间出现了明显的分化。事实上，在16世纪末，表示“书法”含义的词出现在大多数欧洲语言中，而在英语中，calligraphy这个词直到1613年才出现。