This term originally referred to intelligent and noble-minded human beings and later came to also cover the writings and articles created by them. These writings and articles were seen as embodying human vision, with literary grace or fine adornment. Liu Xie (465?-520? or 532?) of the Southern Dynasties, author of The Literary Mind and the Carvin…

See natural things or landscapes and feel a certain emotion – this can happen in two kinds of situations: one when seeking to relieve emotions by fixing one’s gaze on an object, or looking for objective counterparts for one’s existing emotions; the other when passively seeing things which arouse one’s emotions. In the second sense it is akin to …

To fight or not to fight is one’s own decision, not the enemy’s. This is a principle of military operations proposed by ancient Chinese. “Not to engage the enemy” does not mean passively avoiding confrontation, but means to avoid direct confrontation when the situation favors the enemy. One should not rush or be forced into confrontation just to…

More 》