September 16, 2023 - The Three Character Classic (三字經）by Wang YingLin (王應麟)

[vernal sedge]

This week's text is the poem The Three Character Classic (三字經／三字经) by the Song Dynasty poet Wang YingLin 王應麟

Traditional Chinese

人之初，性本善。性相近，習相遠。
苟不教，性乃遷。教之道，貴以專。
昔孟母，擇鄰處。子不學，斷機杼。

Simplified Chinese
人之初，性本善。性相近，习相远。
苟不教，性乃迁。教之道，贵以专。
昔孟母，择邻处。子不学，断机杼。

English

Men at their Birth, are naturally good. Their natures are much the same; their habits become widely different.
If foolishly there is no teaching, the nature will deteriorate. The right way in teaching, is to attach the utmost importance to thoroughness.
Of old the mother of Mencius, chose a neighbourhood; and when her child would not learn, she broke the shuttle from the loom.

Translation source here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/San_Tzu_Ching/San_Tzu_Ching

Feel free to write in any style you want and post it below!

[tidal dew]

Why did you right in. Japanese

[supple pagoda]

how is that japanese

[shadow anchor]

that comment would make slightly more sense if it was in cursive but it wasn't even close

[craggy ridge]

cleann

[craggy ridge]

i like this style a lot its so chubby so cool

[safe anchor]

SHEESH

[vernal sedge]

[thorn vigil]

how do you get those kinds of strokes with just a gel pen?

instead of just strokes of constant width

[vernal sedge]

skill, i presume

[ashen island]

Can I post my attempt on this with a brush

[vernal sedge]

why not? you can post it any style

as long as it's the text

[vernal sedge]

Sloppy stuff

[delicate mantle]

Pressure

No stress, just pressure

[ashen island]

Lmao

[eager moon]

I got a brush pen in china that actually writes properly on xuan paper
(I dont do brush calligraphy [edit: not properly anyway] so this is just for fun)

[fossil epoch]

[eager moon]

your 皿 in 孟 has an extra stroke
道's 首 does not have a 艹 but 2 dots and a line 䒑
Everything else is correct.

[fossil epoch]

thank you both

[eager moon]

oh lmao didnt see the missing extra dot on 初

礻 and 衤 are merged in cursive so I dont ever look at them closely lol

[foggy schooner]

yea

[true pollen]

Back after a very long hiatus from writing but I’m determined to practice consistently again 💪

[delicate mantle]

[wise sorrel]

This is the first Chinese text I remember studying, back when I was in preschool. However, all I remember now is the first three characters. I have a book of the entire 三字经 written in my 爷爷's calligraphy.

[sonic hornet]

very nice

[wise sorrel]

The 学 has an extra dot on top

[sonic hornet]

sorry, I don't understand what you mean

[wise sorrel]

should have one less

[sonic hornet]

it's part of the 冖

[wise sorrel]

either way there shouldn't be an extra bit sticking out of the top of the 冖

[sonic hornet]

thank you, I'll remember that from now on

I've always written 冖 like that

like in 你

[wise sorrel]

uhm ackshually it looks very similar to manyogana

[supple pagoda]

Rlly? That’s a calligraphy style in Chinese tho

[vernal sedge]

I think they’re just trolling

[ashen island]

[supple sparrow]

The fact that you messed up your name

[foggy schooner]

it’s the name of the author:D

[supple sparrow]

Ah

F
The fact that I messed up reading