Folding cov ntxaij vab tshaus yog ib lub cim ntawm lub hwj chim thiab xwm txheej; Ameslikas tshwj tseg rau huab tais-thiab hu ua *fuyi* lossis *yi*-lawv tau ua haujlwm los qhia txog kev sib raug zoo hierarchy thiab ritual propriety. Lawv kuj tau qhia txog kev coj ncaj ncees ntawm Confucian, feem ntau qhia txog cov poj niam zoo tib yam lossis cov lus qhia ntawm cov neeg txawj ntse los qhia kev coj ncaj ncees thiab kev qhuab qhia.
Folding cov ntxaij vab tshaus tau ua ib qho tseem ceeb hauv nruab nrab rau kev kos duab hauv Suav thaum ub, ua rau muaj kev kos duab tshwj xeeb ntawm "painted screen." Tsis zoo li handscrolls, uas muaj kev paub dhau los ntawm lub sijhawm, cov ntxaij vab tshaus pleev xim yog kos duab ntawm spatiality; cov duab thiab cov ntawv ntawm lawv sab pem hauv ntej thiab sab nraub qaum feem ntau cuam tshuam thoob plaws qhov chaw architectural lawv faib, yog li ua kom muaj zog thiab qhov tob ntawm cov duab kos. Los ntawm cov xim pleev xim rau ntawm Han Dynasty's Mawangdui tombs mus rau cov duab kos duab los ntawm Zhou Fang (Tang Dynasty) thiab toj roob hauv pes thiab noog -thiab- paj cov ntxaij vab tshaus ntawm Song Dynasty, ntau yam kev kawm ntawm cov duab kos duab tau ua rau zoo li lub hauv paus ntawm Suav keeb kwm kos duab. Tsis tas li ntawd, qhov screen folding yog ib qho kev rov ua dua tshiab hauv cov paj huam classical thiab prose; Cov kws sau paj huam tau ntev siv nws los ua kom lub siab xav thiab qhia cov kev xav, tsim kom muaj lub ntsiab lus tseem ceeb hauv kev sau ntawv.
Qhov kev tshuaj ntsuam tus yam ntxwv ntawm "sib cais yam tsis muaj severing" cultivates ib tug zoo nkauj ntawm Eastern subtlety thiab ceev ceev. Nws ua raws li ib txwm muaj * feng shui * cov hauv paus ntsiab lus hais txog "kev tuav cov cua thiab sib sau ua ke ntawm * qi*," pab tiv thaiv lub zog tsis zoo thiab muab kev nkag siab ntawm kev puas siab puas ntsws hauv tsev. Qhov kev txawj ntse spatial no-zoo li lub vijtsam rau daim iav- tsis yog tsuas yog lub hom phiaj lub ntiaj teb tab sis kuj yog thaj chaw sab hauv ntawm tib neeg tus ntsuj plig. Nws lub tswv yim tsim ntawm "kev faib tawm yam tsis muaj kev sib cais" txuas ntxiv ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev rau kev tsim vaj tsev niaj hnub, kev tsim khoom, thiab kev npaj spatial.
