Bamboos are best enjoyed when they are thin and slender and sparse, and for this reason two or three trees are as good as a whole bamboo grove, either in life or in painting.

• 种得很疏的细竹欣赏起来最有意思，因此无论在现实生活上或绘画上，两三株竹跟一个竹丛 一样的可爱。