military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3]
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孫武|孙武[Sun1 Wu3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War&rdquo / 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
修行
xiū xíng
to devote oneself to spiritual development (esp. Buddhism or Daoism) / to devote oneself to perfecting one's art or craft
lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection
abbr. for 中國文學藝術界聯合會|中国文学艺术界联合会, China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC)
孙武
Sūn Wǔ
Sun Wu, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3] (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War&rdquo / 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
公式化
gōng shì huà
to formalize / formalism in art (esp. as proscribed in USSR and PRC)
to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) / to win every fight
置之死地而后生
zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng
place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) / to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger / fig. to find a way out of an impasse
出其不意攻其不备
chū qí bù yì gōng qí bù bèi
catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])
知彼知己
zhī bǐ zhī jǐ
to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
下里巴人
xià lǐ bā rén
folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] / popular art forms (cf. 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms)
阳春白雪
yáng chūn bái xuě
melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] / highbrow art and literature
China Federation of Literary and Art Circles (CFLAC) / abbr. to 文聯|文联
五形
wǔ xíng
Wuxing - "Five Animals" - Martial Art
五祖拳
wǔ zǔ quán
Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art
八法拳
bā fǎ quán
Ba Fa Quan "Eight Methods" - Martial Art
六合八法
liù hé bā fǎ
Liuhe Bafa - "Six Harmonies, Eight Methods" - Martial Art
南派螳蜋
nán pài táng láng
Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
可操作的艺术
kě cāo zuò de yì shù
the art of the possible (Bismarck on politics)
司马法
Sī mǎ Fǎ
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[Si1 ma3 Rang2 ju1]
周瘦鹃
Zhōu Shòu juān
Zhou Shoujuan (1895-1968), writer, translator and art collector in Suzhou, a victim of the Cultural Revolution
Di Tang Quan - "Ground-Prone Fist" / "Ground Tumbling Boxing" - Martial Art
妙品
miào pǐn
a fine work of art
孙武子
Sūn Wǔ zǐ
Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3] / also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[Sun1 zi3]
Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1], "Methods of Sima" 司馬法|司马法[Si1 ma3 Fa3], "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3], "Wuzi" 吳子|吴子[Wu2 zi3], "Wei Liaozi" 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5], "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4] and "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对[Tang2 Tai4 zong1 Li3 Wei4 Gong1 Wen4 dui4]
洪家
Hóng Jiā
the Hong family (household) / Hung Gar Kung Fu - Martial Art
炼丹八卦炉
liàn dān bā guà lú
eight trigrams furnace to cook pills of immortality / symbol of the alchemist's art / Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble
yì