Water stands for wisdom among the five
elements(metal, wood, water, fire and earth). Water, with the wise and kind
properties, stands for ability and insight as well as adaptability between
extremely soft and hard.
The “Zhi Ji”- Water took its meaning of
“the friendship between gentlemen appears indifferent but is pure like water”.
With the clear, indifferent and meaningful of its nature to signify the ideal
state in human interaction, the end table of glass implies the color of the water;
and the frames of wood, winding and bending and circulating unceasingly,
implies the form of water.