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Quote by Xu Beihong
道在日新,艺亦须日新,新者生机也;不新则死。
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The quote says that both the Way and art depend on continual renewal. “The new is vitality” presents freshness as a sign of life, while “without renewal, it dies” warns that anything refusing to change loses its living force. It values ongoing transformation rather than remaining fixed.
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