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Mountains and rivers accord with Dao by way of their shapes. Zong Bing(375-443), a painter of the Southern Song Dynasty, in his "On the Creation of Landscape Paintings" expanded on a saying by Confucius – "A virtuous man loves mountains and a wise man loves water." Zong held that mountains and rivers not only displayed their natural splendor to humanity, but also demonstrated the natural law of changes. Therefore, they were loved by men of virtue. This term shows the aesthetic view of people in the period of the Six Dynasties. 去书内
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    This text distills the core of Zong Bing’s On the Creation of Landscape Paintings, linking landscape’s form to the Dao and expanding Confucius’ maxim about virtuous men’s love for mountains and water. Zong argues that mountains and rivers embody both natural splendor and the universal law of change, making them beloved by virtuous people. The passage concisely unveils the Six Dynasties’ unique aesthetic view, which merges nature, philosophy, and morality. It offers a profound glimpse into how ancient Chinese literati perceived art and the cosmos through landscape.

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