raymond23 Posted May 20, 2008 at 03:46 PM Report Posted May 20, 2008 at 03:46 PM I know what each character means, but I would like to know what the whole phrase means as a whole in English. Much appreciated. Quote
florazheng Posted May 20, 2008 at 07:59 PM Report Posted May 20, 2008 at 07:59 PM 佳: well, good 想: think, suppose ( but in this phrase, it refers to " hope" or " wish" 安: safe 善: good 佳想安善: I suppose you would be safe and good now. Quote
gsxlm Posted May 20, 2008 at 11:23 PM Report Posted May 20, 2008 at 11:23 PM no chinese say it so. There is not this phrase in chinese dictionary. Quote
skylee Posted May 20, 2008 at 11:57 PM Report Posted May 20, 2008 at 11:57 PM The photo of the calligraphy work can be found in the website of the National Palace Museum in Taiwan-> http://www.npm.gov.tw/zh-tw/collection/selections_02.htm?docno=113&catno=17 The whole message - 羲之頓首。快雪時晴。佳想安善。未果為結。力不次。王羲之頓首。山陰張侯。 Meaning (from this website) - 信的內容是說，下了一場大雪，放睛，出太陽了。想念著好朋友，是不是過得很好？然而，卻沒辦法和朋友聚在一起，害得心中糾結，遺憾不已！什麼時候，我們能見見面呢？最後「山陰張侯」，是收信人的地址、名字。之所以寫在同一張紙上，說明這件作品是後來的臨本，把當初王羲之寫在信封、信紙上的字，集合到一張小小紙面上，才出現這樣的格式。 Meaning (from this website) 快雪時晴帖是王羲之寫給張侯的一封信，大約在冬天，下過一陣大雪，天氣晴了。王羲之心情很好，想念好朋友，卻無緣見面相會，寫一封信問候，這樣簡短的28個字傳達了東晉文人的真實性情，傳達了生活中偶然的一些心事。 Quote
raymond23 Posted May 22, 2008 at 03:24 AM Author Report Posted May 22, 2008 at 03:24 AM Thank you for all your replies. http://youtube.com/watch?v=DuBPi6YYRhg&feature=related for all those that are interested on this phrase's origins. Quote
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