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.