genius loci

The Chinese express the English word landscape with two characters, mountain (shan (top)) and water (shui (bottom)). In the Taoist concept of natural harmony the mountain is the passive center (yin), and water is the active counterbalance (yang). Calligraphy by C. C. Wang.

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