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Mandarin: bīng zài jīng ér bù zài duō
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This literally means: [The value of] soldiers/warriors lies in [their] quality, not [just] in [their] quantity.
In simple terms, this says that in regard to warriors, quality is better than quantity.
Most tacticians will agree that this can aid in the factor known as "force multiplication". Having good troops, of high morale, excellent training, and good discipline is like having a force that is three times larger.
See Also... 兵在精
Score: 100/100
Mandarin: bīng zài jīng ér bù zài duō jiàng zài móu ér bù zài yǒng
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This literally means: [Just as] soldiers/warriors [are valued for their] quality and not [just] for quantity, [so] generals [are valued] for their tactics, not [just] for [their] bravery.
This is a phrase that follows one about how it is better to have warriors of quality, rather than just a large quantity of warriors in your army/force.
Score: 74/100
(short version)
Mandarin: bīng zài jīng
This literally means: [The value of] soldiers/warriors lies in [their] quality.
This is part of a longer phrase which ends with "not [just] in [their] quantity".
This is a well known phrase in military circles, so the second part is suggested when one hears or reads these three characters.
Score: 24/100
Wall scroll artwork shown on this page is priced as follows:
2-3 characters $39.88 each
5-10 characters $59.88 each
11 or more characters $69.88 each
After you select your calligraphy, our website will take you through the process of customizing your artwork.
Options for other mounting such as portraits are available for $13 less.
We also offer the services of a famous master calligrapher for a $40 fee on any scroll if you are looking for investment-quality calligraphy.
If you chose our famous master-calligrapher, you also get more choices for silk and paper colors and the option for larger artwork.
All of our calligraphy is completely done by hand in the ancient way.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to our art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Therefore, allow at least 3 weeks for delivery from the time you place your order.
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
Prices for
custom wall scrolls
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2-3 Characters:
USD $39.88
GBP £24.20
EUR €26.92
CAD $42.74
AUS $43.87
5-10 Characters:
USD $59.88
GBP £36.34
EUR €40.42
CAD $64.17
AUS $65.88
More than 10 Characters:
USD $69.88
GBP £42.41
EUR €47.17
CAD $74.88
AUS $76.88
Customizations that you select may raise or lower the price.
The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "regular size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
(We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese
| Title | Characters Simplified Traditional |
Various forms of Hanyu-Pinyin (Romanized Chinese) | ||||
| Warriors: Quality Over Quantity | 兵在精而不在多 兵在精而不在多 | bīng zài jīng ér bù zài duō bing zai jing er bu zai duo | bing1 zai4 jing1 er2 bu4 zai4 duo1 bingzaijingerbuzaiduo | |||
| Value of Warrior Generals | 兵在精而不在多将在谋而不在勇 兵在精而不在多將在謀而不在勇 | bīng zài jīng ér bù zài duō jiàng zài móu ér bù zài yǒng bing zai jing er bu zai duo jiang zai mou er bu zai yong | bing1 zai4 jing1 er2 bu4 zai4 duo1 jiang4 zai4 mou2 er2 bu4 zai4 yong3 | |||
| The Value of Warriors Lies in Their Quality | 兵在精 兵在精 | bīng zài jīng bing zai jing | bing1 zai4 jing1 bingzaijing | |||
| If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why we spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "兵在精而不在多" listings above. If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich. | ||||||
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Normal delivery isjust over 3 weeksfor these handmade items.
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