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A Look Inside Studios of Ancient Chinese Scholars

In ancient China, scholars were held in high regard. They often maintained their own studios. The scholars stored several items that were considered necessary for their profession. The objects’ quality and aesthetics were thought to represent the taste and intellectual value of the scholar himself. Scholar’s items In ancient times, a scholar was supposed to ...

Emma Lu

A Chinese scholar's four treasures.

Meet Ancient China’s Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

During the 3rd century CE, there lived a group of seven men in China known as the Seven Sages of The Bamboo Grove. They were philosophers, writers, musicians, and scholars who had a distaste for court life. As such, China’s seven sages used to gather around a bamboo grove near the house of their leader Ji ...

Nspirement Staff

Portraits of Ruan Ji and Ji Kang.