The literati, admiring an inkstone's or a paper weight's abstract design, could transport themselves to a remote mountaintop or a secluded forest where they could rejoice in the wonders of nature.
蘇軾就曾有「石間奔流、盡水之變」的讚嘆。文人由幾案上小小筆山、鎮紙中的抽象圖案，任想像力馳騁，進而萌生如徜徉在大自然的情懷，正是寄情文案的最高境界。