Mi Fu enumerated four main aesthetic qualities he detected in rocks: Su (elegant and upright stature), Zu (wrinkled in-furrow texture), Lu (cracks like channels or paths through the rock), and Tu (holes allowing air and light to pass through), representing a systematic aesthetic framework for evaluating rocks.

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Unidentified Speaker — EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - The Love of Rocks [7kaKYer6x5A]

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Mi Fu goes on to write a treatise on rocks that enumerates four main aesthetic qualities he detects in them

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EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - The Love of RocksThe School of Life
Created: 8/10/2026, 10:58:08 PM

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