It is interesting to read that after Yi Ik saw the painting Nine-Bend of Mount Wuyi he decided that it was a fictitious landscape that even demons and ghosts would be unable to locate. The fact that Yi Ik had never visited China, let alone that location, makes his statement sound silly. It reminds me of how nowadays people have deep-seeded beliefs without ever experiencing what they believe or do not believe. The topics of sexism and racism are very popular now, and yet I have met those stereotypical white males who do not believe that either of these intolerances exists. These men do not believe in sexism or racism, because they have not experienced it or have seen it. Another popular example is the catastrophizing that the media likes to
