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Open to all academic tracks, recommended for the Applied Foreign Languages ​​(LEA) degree – English, Mandarin

This course offers a progressive exploration of Chinese culture through its traditional arts, following a clear guiding thread: from calligraphic gesture to the art of living, to the philosophical foundations that underlie them.
At the heart of this approach lies calligraphy, considered in China to be the highest art form. Far more than a simple writing technique, it engages the body, breath, and intention. Through the study of styles and great masters such as Wang Xizhi, participants discover how the calligraphic gesture provides an initial gateway to a broader understanding of Chinese culture.
This gesture then becomes part of a set of practices specific to the literati (文人), where art becomes a true way of life. Painting, poetry, tea, music, seals, and even contemplation of the garden compose a coherent aesthetic universe, in which each activity extends the same quest for harmony, rhythm, and personal expression.
Finally, these practices find their meaning in the great Chinese philosophies. The course highlights the influence of Confucianism, championed by Confucius, which values ​​order, discipline and ethics, as well as that of Laozi's Taoism, which encourages spontaneity, a connection with nature and non-action.
Through this progression — from gesture to art of living, then to thought — participants are led to understand how traditional Chinese arts are not isolated practices, but concrete expressions of a worldview.
This course, accessible to all, alternates cultural input, analyses of works and moments of exchange, in order to offer an approach to Chinese culture that is structured, sensitive and immersive.

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UEO Planning: Discovering China through its traditional arts – From gesture to thought: an immersion in the world of Chinese scholars

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