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Chinese characters always look intrinsically poetic to occidental eyes. Particularly when we see calligraphy in action. That this character should combine word and temple sets the imagination wandering, but without a proper understanding of the etymology of Chinese ideograms we might draw false conclusions. Suspicions grow when we consider that our own language lacks a satisfactory definition of the word, and almost certainly is incapable of giving one. It struggles even with a verb: Poetise first used by Sidney in 1581 in an apology for poetrie remains as ugly today, as the day it was coined.