Leo Tolstoy
Pine & Cypress Wood is a type of Nayin in the Five Elements philosophy, corresponding to the Chinese Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Gengyin and Xinmao. It represents unyielding integrity that never fades even in harsh winters, remaining true to conscience and original aspiration amid the noise of the world.
The representative figure of this spirit is Leo Tolstoy. Though born into nobility, he always stood with the common people. In masterpieces such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina, he probed deeply into the human soul, staying faithful to his conscience and beliefs throughout his life.
Faced with temptations and pressures in reality, we often compromise gradually, forget our original principles, and lose our resolve in the ways of the world.