The Affectionate World The first aspect of the Living World Series, the Affectionate World, concerns human relationships and affection. A person plays different roles in a society, and these roles are intertwined in a complex network. With a series of works of different subjects, Ju Ming sculpts the roles that each individual plays, their status and their behavior within their respective social stratum. He does not distance himself from the world in which he has roles, relationships and feelings, he becomes part of this world, as seen in the work A Girl Playing with Sand which portrays his newly married wife on Tongxiao beach, The Third Generation which depicts the grandchildren who they play, or in Treasure which portrays the love between parents and child. Ju Ming not only cares about this living world, but also cares about his children and grandchildren, revealing parents' love and expectations about the next generation. Wood Sculpture in the Early Years Ju Ming's early wood sculptures originated from his daily life experience. They showed the development from craftsmanship to artistic creation. The work A Girl Playing with Sand that he created in 1961 depicts Ju Ming's newlywed wife squatting on Tongxiao Beach playing with sand. The sculpture demonstrates the artist's endless love and care towards his wife. In 1966, Ju Ming discovered the expression of brushstroke-like carving marks when creating the Self-Portrait, demonstrating that the artist was facing challenges in adopting carving techniques different from his refined work in the past, instead using cut planes to define the figures. to simply copy the features. In 1976, Ju Ming created Little Ma-tsu which depicts the true story of his daughter, Chu Yen-peng, who stands for justice.......center of the card......and Living World is the Crefree World, represented by the Serir of the Living World – Imprisonment and Cube. Explore life's deepest philosophical questions. Ju Ming believes that from the beginning, life is limited by times, trapped in a cage of social structures and institutions, and although as always one cannot escape from this cage, one should return to one's true self and face one's boundaries. . In the words of Ju Ming, 'humanity is at once the most intelligent and the most foolish, the kindest and the most evil; the most miserable and the most joyful. The choice to be smart, foolish, kind or evil could be made in a split second. This is what created the world of human beings,” he also said, “hell is in the world of the living, but the world of the living also has a heaven.” Which way would you like? It's all up to you.' The choice between good and evil is personal.