Custom Tiger Rumor Chinese Calligraphy Wall Scroll
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These four characters together relay the meaning that can be expressed in English as “When three people say there's a tiger running in the street, you believe it.”
Of course, there is an ancient story behind this idiom...
三人成虎 is actually a proverb that resulted from a conversation that occurred around 300 B.C.
The conversation was between the king of the Wei kingdom and one of the king's ministers named Pang Cong.
It was near the end of one of many wars, this time with the Zhao kingdom. Pang Cong was to be sent by the king to the Zhao kingdom with the king's son, who was to be held hostage. It was common at the time for a king to make his son a hostage to secure stable peace between warring kingdoms.
Before minister Pang Cong departed, he asked his king, “If one person told you a tiger was running in the street, would you believe it?.”
“No,” the king said.
The minister continued, “What if two people told you?”
The king replied, “Well, I would have my doubts but I might believe it.”
The minister continued, “So, what if three people told you that a tiger is running in the streets?”
The king replied, “Yes, I would believe it. It must be true if three people say it.”
The minister then reminded the king, “Your son and I are now traveling far away to live in the distant Zhao kingdom - much farther from your palace than the street. Rumors may fly about me in my absence, so I hope your majesty will weight such rumors appropriately.”
The king replied, “I have every trust in you, do not worry”
While the minister was gone, the king's enemies gossiped about minister Pang Cong on many occasions. At first, the king thought nothing of these comments and rumors. But slowly, as the rumors mounted, the king began to suspect ill of his minister.
Sometime later, when peace was well-established, the minister and prince were freed and returned to the kingdom of Wei. The king received his son BUT DID NOT EVEN SUMMON MINISTER PANG CONG TO THE PALACE!
Hopefully, this story will help you see how dangerous words can be when used to promote rumors or create ill will. And perhaps will inspire you not to believe everything you hear.
There is also a secondary suggestion in this idiom that gossip is as ferocious as a tiger. Some Chinese people who don't know the ancient story above may believe that this scroll means that rumors are as vicious as three tigers.
Note: This proverb appears in my Korean dictionary but is not well-known in Korea.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my 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.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size" single-character wall scroll. We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
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.
Chinese Texts Traditional 1 The Famous Tiger/Crane book with beautiful drawings of Wong Fei Hong's top ... Rumor has it that now it will go out of print.
Chinese Texts Traditional 4 Rumor has it that now it will go out of print. ... Kung Fu are legendary in the world of martial arts (see the Tiger Crane TC 101)...
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Movie News ...rumor is flying around that Ang Lee is making a ... rumor was posted on MonkeyPeaches that is citing an article from a Chinese newspaper Yunnan I...
Rumor: Go going to Xbox Live Arcade - Joystiq ...younguns trash-talking their way through this traditional Chinese board game. ... Unrealistically Phat Loot Phriday: Moldavite Ring of the Tiger...
Rumor-Watch Chinese iPhone knock-off surfaces. LoopRumors - 2:00 pm ... Apple has reportedly seeded a new build of Tiger to developers this week.
Engadget ...the long unfulfilled Mac tablet rumor, but apparently "sources in Taiwan" have ... Apple planning to charge Tiger users for Boot Camp? ( 78)...
The Rumor Mill archive at ArniesAirsoft News Chinese MP5 PDW clone coming ... "Tiger" M4 Rifle. Army Code l85a2. New HFCs at WGC. G&G L85A2 now avaliable at WGC. new clone stuff...
Rumor: Mystery XBLA game is DOOM - Xbox 360 Fanboy Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (3) Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (4) Too Human (13) Top Spin 2 (4) ... Engadget Simplified Chinese. AOL | Yahoo. Engadget Japanese...
Rumor: Go going to Xbox Live Arcade - Joystiq ...another attempt to appeal to the Japanese market where Go is also very popular. ... Unrealistically Phat Loot Phriday: Moldavite Ring of the Tiger...
Over half of Japanese 360s unsold - Xbox 360 Fanboy Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (3) Tony Hawk's American Wasteland (4) Too Human ... Rumor: Dell considers gaming handheld. NY Times crossword puzzler headed to DS...
Rumor Mill Friday... at The Apple Blog ...Nintendo won't buy Apple because the Japanese won't let them (c|net are not ... Working the Rumor Mill. Tiger Experiences Shrinkage. And that's a wrap...
Warrior's EMU Rumor Page-MAME News Arkanoid (Original US and Japanese versions, as well as bootleg versions) ... Tiger Road. Toki (slow) Tornado Baseball. UN Squadron (preliminary) Video...
Engadget ...the long unfulfilled Mac tablet rumor, but apparently "sources in Taiwan" have ... Apple planning to charge Tiger users for Boot Camp? ( 78)...
