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Why did Daoist painters chooser water to represent Daoist Beiefs

water is a symbol of nature adn the virture of yielding
water represted the societal strctures that Daoists promoted
Daoists felt that water presented a very sooting imange of nature
Daoist painters felt taht other forces of nature were too violent for their works

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Water was the symbol of nature and the virtue of yielding

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Water and landscape sceneries were used by daoist painters as subject of art since they wanted to express in their artworks how minor human existence in this vast landscape is. Humility in art is what they seek.
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