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　　xin

　　bu

　　duan

　　墨条

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　　研细、摩擦

　　歪斜的

　　心

　　不

　　端正的

　　ink stick

　　to grind

　　slanted

　　mind

　　not

　　upright

　　墨磨得歪斜了，这就表示心不端正。

　　If our ink stick is ground at an angle, it”s likely our minds are not upright.

　　字

　　不

　　敬

　　，

　　心

　　先

　　病

　　zi

　　bu

　　jing

　　xin

　　xian

　　bing

　　字

　　不

　　工整的

　　心

　　首先地

　　有毛病

　　writing

　　not

　　neat

　　mind

　　first

　　to have problem

　　字写得潦草，那是因为心不在焉。

　　If our writing is sloppy and careless, it is because we are absent-minded.

　　练习书法的人都知道「心正笔正」的道理，所以古代的中国人把练习书法列为「六艺」(即六种必修的技艺课程)之一。另外的五种技艺课程是礼仪、音乐、射箭、驾御马车、工艺(有人把第六种的「数」，解读做「数学」，愚意以为解做「工艺」比较恰当。一则因为纯数学是书本知识，不算是「技艺」，应用数学则已包括在工艺里头；二来从先秦诸子百家的言论，可以发现很多用造车轮、舟船、油漆或木工来做的比喻，足见当时的读书人对工艺的了解，也不逊于诗书之类的书本知识，由此可证，他们一定学过工艺。)只可惜后来的读书人变成了「纯读书」，只重视「六经」，不重视「六艺」，到后来只剩了礼仪、音乐、书法三种比较静态的艺，还有人注重，其余三种讲求手脑并用的技艺，就被轻视为「形而下」之事；以至于造成后世的读书人只知为读书而读书，不知运动，更不懂得生活，予人以「手无缚鸡之力」、「百无一用是书生」的文弱印象。

　　People who practice calligraphy know that, "If their minds are straight, their characters will be upright." Thus, in ancient China calligraphy was considered one of the Six Arts (the six skills an educated person was required to learn). The other five Arts were rites, music, archery, chariot driving, and applied arts. (Some have interpreted this sixth art as mathematics, but I think "applied arts" is more apt. First of all, pure mathematics is academic knowledge and cannot be considered a skill. Applied mathematics is included in applied arts. Secondly, since the pre- Qin period, philosophers have drawn analogies such as making carriage wheels, boats, and ships; painting; and carpentry, indicating that scholars in those days understood applied arts as well as academics. Thus, they must have studied applied arts.) It is a pity that later scholars began to focus purely on academics, valuing the Six Classics but not the Six Arts. Now, onl…

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