David Beckham Tattoos Chinese Proverbs Calligraphy Wall Scroll

Traditional or Simplified Chinese Characters & pinyin

Traditional Chinese Characters & pinyin

Simplified Chinese Characters & pinyin

Note: As you see, there Traditional and Simplified Chinese Characters are same version except 2 characters.

David Beckham tattoos Chinese Characters, consisting of eight characters, pronounced ‘shēng sǐ yǒu mìng，fù guì zà tiān’. Its literal meaning is equal to that of every bullet has its billet in English language. The first half of this proverb explains that life of mankind is limited and nothing is immortal, life and death of human being and other circumstances are determined by heaven and nature. The second half means that whether a human being is rich or poor and is gentle or simple is affected by heaven or controlled by heaven. Death and life have determined appointments, riches and honors depend upon heaven.

This proverb is tattooed by British soccer player David Beckham on his body. The connotation of this Chinese old proverb made football funs throughout the world recognize the extensive and profound meaning of Chinese characters art of Chinese nation. Know more about Tattoo with Chinese characters: latest trend

Chinese Calligraphy Style
English: Official Script / Clerical Script
Mandarin: Lishu
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This famous Chinese proverbs calligraphy painting wall silk scroll 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.