Ruan Ji

Ruan Ji considered to be on of the most particularly noticeable member of the seven sages of the bamboo grove, a group of poets and philosophers who gathered in a bamboo grove near the country house, where they enjoyed drinking. Ruan Ji is considered to be one of the greatest poet of his era. Ruan Ji's poetry is described to be critical, sarcastic, and of angry criticism of Confucianism. Ruan Ji crafted beacutiful work and seemed to live a simple and free life without much to care about rather then read poetry and drink. He is a very interesting man and should be defiantly regarded as a top poet of the seven sages.

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Gu Kaizhi: Painting

Gu Kaizhi is a renown painter of ancient China, and is known to be the founder of traditional Chinese painting. What catches me the most about Gu Kaizhi, is his talent for making portraits of human figures, those for me are the best type of artwork, and its really defined in his artwork. He is truly a master of the arts, and his pieces were describes "like no one has ever seen before."Its interesting to see the life that a famous artisans was blessed to have, prosper in so many ways that it did like Gu Kaizhi.

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Wang Xizhi: Legendary Calligrapher

Wang Xizhi, is regarded to be one of the most known Chinese calligrapher, known for his breathtaking arts of words. This man reminds, of Confucius bringing back order into society by declaring the way Wen and Wu and the Duke of Zhou, were the way to rule. Instead of going to the past politically like Confucius did, he look for previous dynasties and copied them. Leading to large amounts of calligraphic materials. Wang, born in a family of calligraphers, really seemed to understand what it was all about. It all makes me wonder how the rise of perfection in this time consuming art begin.

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Martial Arts: Kung Fu Was Born

Since I was a little boy, the fascination of Shaolin Monks has always been apart of my childhood. I remembered that I would like to see all the incredible techniques they used to perform, for example breaking a metal rod using only their heads, or a display of sword fighting. Through the Shaolin Monks, Kung Fu, one of the most talked about martial arts, originated from a Buddhist monastery. That is what interests me the most about the Shaolin Monks, normally when you think about Monks you'll think about calm and tranquil people that solemnly focus their lives on religious practices, but when Shaolin Monks come to mind you can think of some real extremist, dedicating most of their time to meditating and learning how to use themselves for self- defense.

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