森羅万象

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 森羅万象 (しんらばんしょう) is a literary four-character expression encompassing all beings and phenomena in nature and the cosmos.
• Basic usage: 森羅万象に宿る美 locates beauty throughout creation; 森羅万象がつながる makes all creation the interconnected subject.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Quality residing in creation and creation as connected whole
  • に marks the range in which beauty resides; が marks the totality that is connected. The expression suits broad literary or philosophical scope more than a few individual objects.