Ancient Chinese Philosophy Calligraphy Scroll of Disability Art

Traditional Chinese Characters & pinyin

Note: There Traditional and Simplified Chinese Characters are same version except for the character last of the fist phrase.

Below are several versions...

Traditional Chinese Characters	Simplified Chinese Characters

Consists of twelve characters were pronounced ‘ren zhe bu you, zhi zhe bu huo, yong zhe bu ju’. Its literal meaning in English is that ‘The wise are not puzzled, the benevolent are not worried, and the brave are not afraid’. This proverb originates from the Analects of Confucius. Confucian said that the benevolent are not worried, because that they are content with what one has and find no fault in examining one's heart; the wise are not puzzled, because they understand the nature of things is and sensible; and the brave are not afraid, because they repulse or subdue the enemy, resist invasion and go ahead ceaselessly. ‘ren, zhi, yong’ are the moral characters of good valued by Confucian. However, these are hard to achieve.

About Confucius Chinese philosophy, Ancient philosophy, Full name: Kong Qiu, Born: September 28, 551 BC Qufu, China, Died: 479 BC Qufu, China, School/tradition: Founder of Confucianism, Main interests: Moral philosophy, Social philosophy, Ethics. Notable ideas: Confucianism

This East Philosophy proverbs calligraphy scroll artwork is created by the disabled calligrapher Master Wang, who is one of the most prominent handicapped calligraphers in China. Large amount of works have been collected.

Disabled artist, Mr. Wang, has sat in a wheelchair more than 30 years after a catastrophic accident during fieldwork left him paralyzed from the waist down. Master Wang was gracefully moving and pausing his brush that can be mesmerizing, and there is one of his artworks on display here.