Partizan007 Posted July 31, 2011 at 05:46 PM Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 at 05:46 PM Hello! I live in Russia, and once accidentally i stumbled across i chinese calligraphist who wrote to sets of hieroglyphs to me. Unfortunately, i was extremely in a hurry and didn't memorize translations. I managed to figure out half of them (fulfillment of wishes, luck and heath) but it is extremely difficult as drawing techniques apparently differ a lot. Could you help me translate them (indicating the position of each of them) and also express an opinion about the author's technique if you know something about it. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted July 31, 2011 at 10:13 PM Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 at 10:13 PM Reading top to bottom from the right-hand side, it says 健康 which means "health", 幸福 which means "happiness", and 萬事如意 which literally means "ten thousand things as you wish", but would be more reasonably translated as something like "all the best" or "may all your wishes come true". I'd say the penmanship looks fairly nice, with a layman's eye, but I don't know why the characters on the right-hand side of each sheet are larger than on the left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted July 31, 2011 at 11:54 PM Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 at 11:54 PM The one who wrote that is not a calligrapher. I hope you didn't pay for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted July 31, 2011 at 11:59 PM Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 at 11:59 PM The meanings are as said in #2. The words are not well written. I too hope that you did not pay for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Partizan007 Posted August 1, 2011 at 07:42 AM Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 at 07:42 AM Thank you for your replies! Actually, I did pay 6.6 USD for each sheet. If I may, I've got another question. I know, that small hieroglyphs on the left side are the man's signature (or name), but what does the red stamp stand for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbradfor Posted August 1, 2011 at 01:20 PM Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 at 01:20 PM It is the artist's seal. Typically also the artist's name, think of it as equivalent to the artist signing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted August 1, 2011 at 04:58 PM Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 at 04:58 PM ...Yeah you got scammed. Go introduce a bat to his fa-uhh...I mean, I am against using violence, so perhaps you can..."persuade" him to learn Chinese (for all I know he could be illiterate) or give you your money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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