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The Connoisseur - The Appreciation of Classical Ming Furniture
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and something which has the potential to grow,
expand and enlarge. In Confucian teaching,
Heaven, Earth and Human are referred to as
San Cai – the three types of intelligence.
These three types of intelligence are closely
related. Their formation is gradual and they
evolve in different stages.

The concept of San Cai basically teaches one
to understand one’s relationship with
heaven and earth. In other words, one’s
responsibility in this universe –
summarized as respect for oneself and
everything in this universe, and fulfilling
one’s potential to the fullest as well as
helping everything in this universe to do the
same.

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