The Song was the heyday of the School of Laws in Chinese philosophy, which stressed the defining inner nature within all things. Li Tang's Soughing Wind Among Mountain Pines demands that the viewer reflect quietly to appreciate the inner nature of what is depicted.
對講求萬物定有其理、理學風氣興盛的宋朝，李唐的萬壑松風需要人們萬物靜觀皆自得。