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六艺

Traditional form:

六藝

Pinyin (reading):

Liù Yì

Definitions:

  • the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮/礼 (lǐ) (禮儀/礼仪 (lǐyí)), music 樂/乐 (yuě) (音樂/音乐 (yīnyuè)), archery 射 (shè) (射箭 (shèjiàn)), charioteering 御 (yù) (駕車/驾车 (jiàchē)), calligraphy or literacy 書/书 (shū) (識字/识字 (shízì)), mathematics or reckoning 數/数 (shù) (計算/计算 (jìsuàn))
  • another name for the Six Classics 六經/六经 ( Liùjīng)

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