The serene and blessed mood which enables us to see into the life of things: that is imaginative reason, that is the Spirit of the Chinese People. (Gu Hongming)

The serene and blessed mood which enables us to see into the life of things: that is imaginative reason, that is the Spirit of the Chinese People.

Gu Hongming

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