This taste of 'cleanliness' (neatness) which appeared in the Sung period was succeeded and developed in later periods and elevated a hobby which was supposed to be a mere play to an art.
この宋代に生まれた清（清逸・清楚）なる趣致は後代まで受け継がれて発展していき、単なる遊戯であるはずの趣味を芸術の域にまで引き上げた。