Famous Success Process Quotes Chinese calligraphy scroll

Traditional or Simplified Chinese Characters & pinyin

Traditional Chinese Characters & pinyin

Simplified Chinese Characters & pinyin

They are very famous and popular success process proverb in Chinese. It consists of eight characters, pronounced ‘nì shuǐ xíng zhōu, bu jin ze tui. Its literal meaning is to sail against the current, not to advance is to go back’. The extended meaning of this proverb is that in one’s lifetime, the road to success or the process of achieving some objective is not easy, and encountering frustration is normal, even natural and man-made calamities; after all human-being is no man before nature, however, if not try hard or strive, success or achievement of objectives would be far away.

Chinese Calligraphy Style
English: Running Script
Mandarin: Xingshu
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This Famous Success Quotes and Sayings Chinese 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.