Meanings
plural scholars' rocks
- An unusually shaped rock, traditionally appreciated by Chinese scholars.
The scholar's rock is placed across from the old moon gate I love so much, and LuLu decides to investigate it.
2007, Emily Prager, Wuhu Diary, page 1222 more examples
The many Tibetans who traveled to Yuan and Ming China would have developed knowledge, experience, and appreciation for scholars' rocks.
2004, Robert N. Linrothe, Paradise and Plumage, page 24What the missionaries had sent to Bertin was the type now commonly referred to as a scholar's rock, sometimes fantastically contorted stones which would have been an indispensable fixture of a Chinese scholar's studio.
2020, John Finlay, Henri Bertin and the Representation of China in Eighteenth-Century FranceSynonyms: viewing stone
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn unusually shaped rock, traditionally appreciated by Chinese scholars.
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