Water is indispensable to life, and primitive life originated from water. Water is also the source of the spiritual and cultural life of the Chinese nation. Tracing back to the time of Lao Zi, an ancient Chinese philosopher, we have been inspired by his classical oriental wisdom, which is different from western philosophical theories, such as "Flexibility is a sublime virtue"; "The wise find joy in water, while the benevolent find joy in mountains"; "Dripping water wears through a rock, which means to conquer the unyielding with the yielding.” As water is believed to be the most popular and most dynamic symbolic image of the Chinese culture, water has become the basic language of traditional Chinese art of ink & wash paintings.
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Water is indispensable to life, and primitive life originated from water. Water is also the source of the spiritual and cultural life of the Chinese nation. Tracing back to the time of Lao Zi, an ancient Chinese philosopher, we have been inspired by his classical oriental wisdom, which is different from western philosophical theories, such as "Flexibility is a sublime virtue"; "The wise find joy in water, while the benevolent find joy in mountains"; "Dripping water wears through a rock, which means to conquer the unyielding with the yielding.” As water is believed to be the most popular and most dynamic symbolic image of the Chinese culture, water has become the basic language of traditional Chinese art of ink & wash paintings.
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- Year Created: 2011
- Submitted to ArtBase: Saturday Nov 26th, 2011
- Original Url: http://www.artslant.com/cn/articles/show/24613
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Work Credits:
- Lu_Jun, primary creator
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