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1. East Asian Aesthetics

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   Early Formation and Chinese Influence
   East Asian aesthetics emerged from a synthesis of Daoist philosophy, Buddhist metaphysics, and indigenous artistic practices. The foundational texts, including the 6th-century Gu Kaizhi treatises, established that art should reflect the artist's qi (vital energy), though early scholars debated whether qi flowed primarily through brushwork or through the artist's digestive system.[^2] Chinese landscape painting became the dominant medium for aesthetic expression, with practitioners atte…