Shitao Ting Quan Tu

Sensory Stillness: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Shi Tao’s "Listening to the Spring"

This article explore the expressive and sensory world of Shi Tao’s "Listening to the Spring" (Ting Quan Tu). It examines the artist's revolutionary "Single Stroke" philosophy, his technical mastery of "moss dots" and fluid ink washes, and how the motif of a scholar contemplating a waterfall serves as a profound metaphor for Zen-like meditation and individual freedom in the early Qing Dynasty.