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Four Treasures of the Study

Four Treasures of the Study
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese文房四寶
Simplified Chinese文房四宝
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinwén fáng sì bǎo
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingman4 fong2 sei3 bou2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJbûn-pông sù-pó
Tâi-lôbûn-pông sù-pó
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese紙墨筆硯
Simplified Chinese纸墨笔砚
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinzhǐ mò bǐ yàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzi2 mak6 bat1 jin6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJchoá-ba̍k-pit-hīⁿ
Tâi-lôtsuá-ba̍k-pit-hīnn
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetvăn phòng tứ bảo
Chữ Hán文房四寶
Korean name
Hangul문방사우
Hanja文房四友
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationMunbangsau
Japanese name
Kanji文房四宝
Kanaぶんぼうしほう
Transcriptions
RomanizationBunbō shihō

Four Treasures of the Study is an expression used to denote the brush, ink, paper and ink stone used in Chinese calligraphy and spread into other East Asian[1][2][3] calligraphic traditions. The name appears to originate in the time of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420–589 AD).[4]

  1. ^ "Cựu giám đốc thư viện mê cổ vật xứ Nghệ". VnExpress.
  2. ^ "남성의 애장품, 문방사우와 서안". National Folk Museum of Korea.
  3. ^ "「文房四宝」を半減させるな!". Nikkei.
  4. ^ Chinesetoday.com. "Chinesetoday.com Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." 趣談「文房四寶」. Retrieved on 2010-11-27.

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