Plum Blossom ring

LITERATI, SCHOLARS IN CHINA WHOSE POETRY, CALLIGRAPHY, AND PAINTINGS WERE SUPPOSED PRIMARILY TO REVEAL THEIR CULTIVATION AND EXPRESS THEIR PERSONAL FEELINGS RATHER THAN DEMONSTRATE PROFESSIONAL SKILL. THE CONCEPT OF LITERATI PAINTERS WAS FIRST FORMULATED IN NORTHERN SONG PERIOD (960–1127)—AT WHICH TIME IT WAS CALLED SHIDAFUHUA (士大夫畫, SCHOLAR-OFFICIAL PAINTING)—BY THE POET-CALLIGRAPHER SU SHI (蘇軾 1037-1101), THE IDEAL OF THE LITERATI PAINTING WAS FINALLY AND ENDURINGLY CODIFIED BY THE GREAT MING DYNASTY CRITIC AND PAINTER DONG QICHANG (董其昌 1555—1636). ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO, YEWN WAS LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF THE BRAND BY LAUNCHING CIRCLE OF LIFE, SQUARE OF EARTH AND BODHI TREE COLLECTIONS, BORROWING IDEAS FROM BOTH BUDDHISM AND TAOISM. BESIDES CONFUCIANISM, TAOISM AND BUDDHISM ARE THE TWO MAJOR PILLARS OF CHINESE THOUGHT THAT HAVE HAD THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON CHINESE ART AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF CHINA. BY STUDYING AND BY MEANS OF COLLECTING CHINESE ANTIQUES, YEWN HAS SUCCEEDED IN ABSORBING