The pine is also seen by the Chinese as a recluse, and although it is spoken of in the same breath as the chrysanthemum, plum and bamboo, the pine, being a tree and capable of enduring drought, grows deeper in the mountains, further from the human world.
松樹，也是中國人心中的隱士，菊、梅、竹雖被相提並論，但身為喬木、耐旱的松，生長更深入山林，離人世更遠，大陸生長最普遍的馬尾松，枝葉柔軟又如飄逸的拂塵，造型、氣節更接近隱士。