This term refers to the mutual dependence and integration of an author's

description of scenery and objects, and his expression of feelings in his literary

creation. Qing (情) is an author's inner feelings, and jing (景) refers to external

scenery or an object. The theory of sentiment and scenery stresses integration

of the two, maintaining that sentiment can hardly be aroused without scenery

and that scenery or an object cannot be appreciated without sentiment. This

term appeared in the Song Dynasty. Compared with earlier notions about

sentiment and scenery, this one is more emphatic about fusing the depiction of

scenery with the expression of feelings, and the process of creation with that of

appreciation.