Show love 1 or the the straight lino line is an abomination to the chinese they end endeavor Vavor to I 1 avoid it in their streets and buildings and have banished it completely where country field paths are concerned they will always substitute a curve whenever possible or they will torture F it into a zigzag in districts not devastated by the tai tal pings nor subject to the influence of the foreigner the houses and tem temples ples are characterized by curved often peaked roofs ornamented with fantas tio modifications of the myriad stroke pattern the inhabitants of such regions are soon found to have a mental w orld to correspond the straight line is scouted they think in curves 3 and zigzags to the chinese mind the straight line is suggestive of death and demons it belongs not to the heaven above nor to the earth beneath in a ia true horizon line are seen the andula eions of the dragon therefore argue tho chinese the straight raight Et line pertains to hades contemporary deview |