Rough Materials Require Precise Craftsmanship

A rough but precisely dimensioned wooden component. A rough-sawn wooden beam, with its surface retaining rugged saw marks and knots; however, its cross-sectional dimensions are exact, its length is precisely calculated, its ends are cut straight and perpendicular, and its spacing from adjacent components is perfectly uniform. The roughness is only on the surface; the dimensions and positions are all precise.
Avoid: Allowing component dimensions and spacing to be uneven, leaving ends as irregular natural sections, allowing components to be misaligned, interpreting ruggedness as randomness.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一件粗糙但尺寸精準的木構件。一根粗鋸的木樑,表面保留粗獷的鋸痕與節疤;但它的斷面尺寸是精確的、長度是精算的、端部切得筆直垂直、與相鄰構件的間距完全相同。粗糙只在表面,尺寸與位置全部是精準的。避免:讓構件的尺寸與間距參差不齊、把端部留成不規則的自然斷面、讓構件的排列歪斜、把粗獷理解為隨意。