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Thinking Rocks, Living Stones: Reflections on Chinese Lithophilia

University of Hawaii, USA

Chinese culture is distinguished among the world’s other great traditions by the depth and intensity of its love for rock and stone. This enduring passion manifests itself both in the art of garden making, where rocks form the frame and the central focus of the classical Chinese garden, and also on a smaller scale, in the practice of collecting stones to be displayed on trays or on scholars’ desks indoors. This essay sketches a brief history of lithophilia in China, then adduces the most important philosophical presuppositions for it, and concludes by suggesting some implications for our experience of, and interactions with, the realm of stone and rock.

Diogenes, Vol. 52, No. 3, 75-87 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0392192105055173


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