Using plain language in the service of spiritual insight, Basho raised the form to literature, each poem like a polished stone that, when dropped in water, creates an infinity of ripples.

• 松尾芭蕉透过朴实的文字来传达性灵的洞察，将俳句的形式提升至文学层次，每一首作品都宛若琢磨发亮的石子，丢入水中均能激起无尽的涟漪。