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three perfections  

Definition

  • This concept represents the three forms of art - poetry (shi 诗), calligraphy (shu 书) and painting (hua 画), that every educated official was expected to master in the China’s Empire; their integration is considered the apex of Chinese artistic expression.

Alternative Terms

三绝
Chinese
sanjue

Source

  • Sullivan, Michael. 1974. The Three Perfections: Chinese Painting, Poetry and Calligraphy. New York: George Braziller.

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  • sanjue

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