L’ornamento del Dao. Brevi considerazioni sul senso del paesaggio nella letteratura e nelle arti della Cina tradizionale

In ancient Chinese culture, landscape constituted a fundamental element in reli￾gious, literary and artistic expressions. This contribution is intended as an imper￾fect and concise attempt to trace the “guidelines” – influenced above all by Dao￾ist doctrine – of Chinese thought on landscape within the literature and pictorial art of traditional China.