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(ii) Explain the concept of Shanshui.

Shanshui literally means 'mountain water' that represents 'landscape'. Mountain is Yang, that is stable, warm, dry and reaches vertically towards the heaven. While the water is Yin that is fluid, moist, cool and horizontally resting on earth. Yang is masculine and Yin is the feminine aspect of universal energy, reflecting the fundamental notion of Daoism.

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Landscape of the Soul

(ii) Explain the concept of Shanshui.