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天地有大美而不言 — Heaven and earth possess great beauty but do not speak of it.
Your AI designs with half a palette. Give it the other half.
Most AI design training is dominated by Western frameworks — Material Design, Bauhaus, Swiss Style. Clean, minimal, modern... but often soulless.
TianGong (天工) infuses 5000 years of Chinese aesthetic wisdom into AI design. Not as decoration, but as a complete philosophical system for understanding beauty, space, rhythm, and meaning.
You: "Design a landing page"
AI without TianGong: Perfect grid. Perfect spacing. Perfect... nothing.
AI with TianGong: A page that breathes. That flows like water.
Where empty space speaks louder than content.
Where every color carries meaning.
The world's oldest surviving design framework:
| Principle | Chinese | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spirit Resonance | 气韵生动 | Design must feel alive |
| Structural Brushwork | 骨法用笔 | Beauty needs bones |
| Faithful to Nature | 应物象形 | Understand before designing |
| Meaningful Color | 随类赋彩 | Color = meaning, not decoration |
| Governing Space | 经营位置 | Empty space IS the design |
| Learning Masters | 传移模写 | Study tradition, then transcend |
| Wisdom | Source | Ask Yourself |
|---|---|---|
| 道法自然 | Dao De Jing Ch.25 | Does it feel natural? |
| 大巧若拙 | Dao De Jing Ch.45 | Am I showing off or serving? |
| 器以载道 | Yi Jing | What meaning does it carry? |
| 天人合一 | Yi Jing | Does it harmonize with context? |
| 中庸之道 | Zhongyong | Is it balanced? |
| Tradition | Teaches | Design Application |
|---|---|---|
| 书法 Calligraphy | Rhythm, tension, flow | Typography, visual rhythm |
| 水墨 Ink Painting | Layers, emptiness, life | Visual hierarchy, whitespace |
| 园林 Gardens | Discovery, framing, sequence | Navigation, progressive disclosure |
| 瓷器 Porcelain | Restraint, hidden beauty, form | Color palettes, surface design |
The peak of Chinese refined taste — 800 years before Dieter Rams:
极简 Radical simplicity
素雅 Elegant plainness
格物 Investigate before creating
理趣 Delight in principle
天然 Naturalness above artifice
Song Color Palette:
月白 Moon White ████ #D6E4E1
天青 Sky Blue ████ #68B0AB
粉青 Powder Green ████ #A7D7C5
影青 Shadow Blue ████ #C5D8D1
米黄 Rice Yellow ████ #F5E6CC
| Artifact | Purpose |
|---|---|
SKILL.md |
Root standing-instructions: Six Principles + Five Wisdoms decision engine + 4-step method |
.claude-plugin/plugin.json · marketplace.json |
One-click plugin install |
commands/tiangong.md |
/tiangong <goal> slash command |
examples/01-landing-page.md · 02-color-palette.md · 03-design-review.md |
Real input→output design cases |
benchmark/scenarios.json + README_BENCHMARK.md |
6-scenario evaluation design + runnable runner/analyzer (results not yet run) |
reference/aesthetics.md |
Self-contained ammunition: Six Principles sourced line-by-line, Five Elements/Colors, Ten Classics, traditional color swatches, 8 design recipes |
skills/tiangong/SKILL.md |
Full long-form version (each of the Ten Classics) |
# Copy to your skills directory
cp -r skills/tiangong ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/
# or
cp -r skills/tiangong ~/.claude/skills/
# or
cp -r skills/tiangong ~/.codex/skills/Copy cursor/rules/tiangong.mdc to your .cursor/rules/ directory.
Copy kiro/skills/tiangong/ to your .kiro/skills/ directory.
TianGong doesn't replace Western design knowledge. It completes it.
| Western | + Chinese | = Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Bauhaus: functional clarity | 气韵: spiritual resonance | Design that works AND breathes |
| Swiss: grid discipline | 书法: rhythmic life | Structure that flows |
| Material Design: consistency | 宋代美学: refined taste | Consistent AND tasteful |
| Golden ratio: proportion | 留白: intentional emptiness | Space that speaks |
知其白，守其黑，为天下式。 Know the white, hold to the black — become the pattern for the world. — Dao De Jing, Chapter 28
- NoPUA — Anti-PUA skill that drives AI with wisdom instead of fear. ⭐ 200+
MIT — Use freely. Design beautifully.
天工 TianGong — by WUJI Heaven's craft opens creation. Design with 5000 years of wisdom.