Particular attributes the ideal Chinese scholar would have include:It is in a sense sad (or awesome) that the computer has essentially replaced, or one may argue, enhanced beyong recognition, all of the traditional four arts, to the point that Ciro can't touch anything that is not a computer. Sometimes the old arts live on particularly closely though, e.g. in computer music, computer graphics and computer Go.
- mastery of the Four arts, which also implies the Four Treasures of the Study for caligraphy and painting
- live in a place that includes
Two are riculously well known:
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by
Ciro Santilli 35 Updated 2025-04-18 +Created 1970-01-01
The best Chinese traditional instrumental music by
Ciro Santilli 35 Updated 2025-04-18 +Created 1970-01-01
Stringless guqin fan painting by Feng Chaoran (1943)
Stolen traight from www.silkqin.com/10ideo.htm on silkqin.com:Wind in the pines and a babbling brook are nature's melody. A qin was brought along, but there is no need to play it
Some free online collections:
** collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=&fq=online_visual_material%3Atrue&fq=online_media_type%3A%22Images%22&fq=culture%3A%22Chinese%22&fq=object_type%3A%22Paintings%22&view=list&date.slider=300s%2C1800s
Unclear legality:
- www.ibiblio.org/chinese-music/html/traditional.html has many tracks which appear to be rips from vinyl records due to the scratching sound, and unclear attribution
There are unlisted articles, also show them or only show them.