The Four Treasures of the Scholar’s Studio are the writing brush (bi), ink stick, ink stone and paper. An image of the brush is often used with other images to form a wish. For instance, a brush (bi) with an ingot (ding), a block of gold, silver or another metal, form a rebus (a visual pun) where words represented by picture combinations form a new and different meaning) which in this case approximates the phrase baiding zhongju meaning “you will surely pass the civil service examinations” and become an official, which is very important in China that provides for a family for a long time.
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Scenes with landscapes, distant mountains, bodies of water and architectural structures in nature are common subjects in the Chinese aesthetic and closely related to the scholar’s beliefs and their way of life that includes Four Scholarly Pursuits (siyi) and Four Treasures of the Scholar’s Studio. The three main Chinese belief systems of Taoism, Confucianism and…
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