1) The document discusses how penjing, the Chinese art of miniature landscape design, was inspired by and aims to imitate nature's designs rather than being created by mankind. 2) Over thousands of years, Chinese scholars studied nature's landscapes to develop techniques to recreate nature's beauty in diminished replicas through the art of penjing. 3) Nature's designs are seen as a gift from God and have withstood the test of time, while mankind's additions are imperfect and temporary. Penjing aims to capture nature's timeless beauty.

1. NATURE‟S DESIGN
for
CHINA‟S Penjing

3. Not by accident
• Nor by chance
• rather
• By NATURE‟S Design

4. 全能的上帝 全能的上帝
Quánnéng de Shàngdì

5. Additional Notes
• An attribution, where CREDIT is DUE.
• Nature‟s majestic beauty, is all around us.
• Mankind has designed many, many things,
through the ages.
• Nature though, was certainly – not one of them.
• It owes it‟s majestic beauty to the heavenly power of
God Almighty 全能的上帝 全能的上帝 Quánnéng de
Shàngdì.

7. Gift from God 从上帝而来的恩赐 從上帝而來的恩賜 cóng Shàngdì ér lái de ēncì

8. Artistry ~ Foundation ~ NATURE
• China‟s literati scholars
• able to „ imitate,‟ this beauty
• through learned attention to
• Nature‟s landscapes

9. 6,000 year old ancient tree roots,
unearthed in Zhejiang.

10. 1000 year old Ginkgo tree, still thriving today.

11. Rooted in the Truth

12. Artistic & Horticultural
Techniques
• Further ways, were developed
• to accommodate the scale
• for diminished replicas

13. NATURE – You just cannot beat it!

14. Along the WAY
• The BEAUTY and PURPOSE
• Captured the imaginations of
• neighbouring nations

15. ZhengHe‟s Controversial 18th
Century Map

16. A NEW personality took SHAPE
• Mankind just has to add his ideas
• Mankind just has to add his rules
• Mankind just has to make things his own

17. Additional Notes
• Travellers took this NEWS out from CHINA and it
APPEALED to others.
• Zheng He Ambassador for the MIDDLE KINGDOM,
along with the Buddhist scholars, who travelled to
and from China.
• Mankind is far from PERFECT yet;
be it martial or conceptual art forms –
he just has to make his individual mark on things.

18. Man‟s labelling of STYLES
• An attempt to categorize
• Artistry that resulted from
NATURE‟S DESIGN

22. Let NATURE do the talking

23. WATERFALL penjing

30. Additional Notes
• Notwithstanding some REGIONAL Chinese
Penjing School variations; within CHINA itself,
probably mainly due to the nation‟s vastness,
yet also, man‟s personality imperfect needs.
• So what was ORIGINALLY observed and
recorded in the mind, then was transformed
into Chinese Landscape Paintings and re-
created in diminished form beyond the
„ in-situ,‟ reality.

31. Seldom you will find PERFECTION

32. and Sadly man‟s nature
• has dominated other men to his injury

34. Past global prominence
• may have intervened and prevented
• proper education & understanding
• thus, benefiting in the short term
• other nations – to China‟s detriment

35. Additional Notes
• The incredibly EXPRESSIVE art of Painter Don Hong–
Oai.
• As EXPLAINED in the scriptures @ ECCLESIASTES 8:9
“ All this I have seen and there was an applying of
my heart to every work that, has been done under
the sun, during the time that man has dominated
man to his injury.”
CHINA has rightful claim to the ORGIN of
diminutive landscapes of gardens & penjing.

36. CHINA has rightful claim

37. NATURE, beautifully imitated by Penjing
Master Zhao Qingquan

38. NATURE‟S DESIGN
stands to time indefinite

39. Additional Notes
• Master Zhao Qingquan brings true life to his
form of Nature imitation, through „ Water-and-
land,‟ penjing.
• A form, reminiscent of both Chinese landscape
painting, Chinese poetry and China‟s garden art.
• Nature’s Design, stands to time indefinite.
• Man simply did not put it there, nor can he ever
better it.

40. Credits
I simply wish to acknowledge All the
Organizations & wonderful Individuals,
[ too numerous to detail in this forum ]
for their assistance, encouragement and
willing contribution of the information
presented.