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Xushi (emptiness‐substance) is one of the most frequently used terms in Chinese art and literary theory. References to xu and shi appear frequently in Chinese texts on painting written after the sixteenth century, although these terms were discussed in literary theory from Song Dynasty onward. This chapter begins with the elaboration on xushi by looking at the physical living space of the literati,...