Four Treasures of the Study

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Four Treasures of the Study (Traditional Chinese: 文房四寶 Simplified Chinese: 文房四宝 wén fáng sì bǎo, Japanese 文房四宝 Bunbō shihō) is an expression used to refer to the ink brush, inkstick, paper and inkstone used in Chinese calligraphy. In Korea, it is usually written as 문방사우(文房四友) "Mun bang sa woo", which means "Four Friends of the Study."