Goodafternooneveryone,Today,ourteam’stopicisChinesecalligraphyandpainting.Firstofall,letmeintroducethefirsthalfoftheChinesecalligraphy.开篇视频翻译：CalligraphyistraditionallybeenregardedinChinaasthehighestformofvisualart.书法，传统上被视为视觉艺术的最高形式。Thefourtreasures……文房四宝，笔墨纸砚pinesoot（松烟）Calligraphyinsocialdimension……self-cultivationemulationofmoralexemplars书法在社会层面上，孔子：自我修养，效仿道德模范老子：内心自我认识的表达直到今天，中国书法依然在中国人生活中保持着强大力量。Chinesecalligraphy,thefourancientChineseartisticformsarecalledqin,chess,penmanship,andpainting;andpenmanshipparticularlyreferstoChinesecalligraphy.(中国古代四大艺术“琴棋书画”的“书”特指书法)Chinesecalligraphyisakindofartusingabrushtowritesealscript,officialscript,regularscript,runningscript,andcursivescript,andothervariouswritingstylesofChinesecharacters.（它是用毛笔书写篆、隶、楷、行、草等各体汉字的艺术）ThewritingtechniquesofChinesecalligraphyarehighlightedbythemannerofusingabrush,thewayinkisused,theartofcomposition,andsoon.（中国书法在技法上讲究笔法、墨法、章法等）Itsharmoniousbeautyofartisreflectedinbetweenthelines.（它艺术的和谐之美体现在字里行间）Chinesecalligraphyexhibits（iɡˈzibits）itsbeautyindifferentposes,suchastheuniqueness（jʊ'niknɪs）oftheofficialscript―silkwormheadandswallowtail(隶书的蚕头燕尾),theregularscriptrequirementto―sticktothenormandrules(楷书的中规中矩),thecharacteristicofcursivescript―flyingdragonanddancingphoenixes(草书的龙飞凤舞),andthedistinctive―naturalgraceoftherunningscript(行书的潇洒飘逸).可谓异彩纷呈，千姿百态Indeed,ChinesecalligraphyreflectsthepersonalityofChinesepeople’sstraightforwardness,dignity,andreticence('retɪsns).(中国书法体现了中华民族的豪爽大气、端庄含蓄的特点)Chinesecharacterswereinitiallymeanttobesimplepicturesusetohelppeoplerememberthings.Afteralongperiodofdevelopment,itfinallybecameauniquecharactersystemthatembodiesphoneticsound,image,idea,andrhyme(raɪm)atthesametime.(汉字是从原始人用以记事的简单图画，经过不断演变发展最终成为一种兼具音、形、意、韵的独特文字)Thewritingsystem,whichwasextremelyadvancedinancient,beganwithinscriptionsonbonesandtortoiseshells,andtheseareregardedastheoriginalformsofChinesecharacters.(现存中国古代最早成熟的文字是甲骨文，被认为是现代汉字的初形)---本文于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---Afterwards,Chinesecharacterswentthroughnumerouscalligraphicstyles:bronzeinscriptions,officialscript,regularscript,cursivescript,runningscript,etc.(此后，汉字又经历了金文、隶书、楷书、草书、行书等不同的阶段)Chinesecharactersareusuallyroundoutsideandsquareinside,whichisrootedinancientChinesebeliefsofanorbicularskyandarectangularEarth.(汉字结构“内圆外方”，源于古人“天圆地方”的观念)ThefivebasicstrokesofChinesecharactersare一(thehorizontalstroke),丨(theverticalstroke),丿(theleft-fallingstroke),捺(theright-fallingstroke),and乙(theturningstroke).(汉字有五种基本笔画，即：横、竖、撇、捺、折)Thefourtreasuresofthestudy.文房四宝Thewritingbrush,inkstick,inkstone,andpaperwererequisite（'rekwɪzɪt）treasuresinthestudyofthescholarsofancientChina,andtheyareoftenreferredtoasthe―FourTreasuresoftheStudy.（笔墨纸砚是中国古代文人书房当中必备的宝贝，被称为“文房四宝”）ThewritingbrushandinkstickhavebeenusedbytheChinesetowriteandpaintsince5,000yearsago.（用笔墨书写绘画在中国可追溯到五千...