Couplet from a Poem by Han Hong
The confidence and boldness displayed by the large characters of this fan epitomize Lizong's late style. Written when the emperor was fifty-six years old, the fan is his latest extant dated work.
The couplet, from a poem entitled "Farewell to Yuan Shen on His Return to Jiangdong" by Han Hong (act. ca. 766-80), a well-known Tang dynasty poet, brings to mind the scenery around the Southern Song capital:
The sounds of the tide rise at noon;
The greens of the mountains are deepest in the south.
The couplet, from a poem entitled "Farewell to Yuan Shen on His Return to Jiangdong" by Han Hong (act. ca. 766-80), a well-known Tang dynasty poet, brings to mind the scenery around the Southern Song capital:
The sounds of the tide rise at noon;
The greens of the mountains are deepest in the south.
Artwork Details
- 南宋 理宗 趙昀 楷書韓翊 《 潮聲山翠》 聯句 團扇
- Title: Couplet from a Poem by Han Hong
- Artist: Emperor Lizong (Chinese, 1205–64, r. 1224–64)
- Period: Song dynasty (960–1279)
- Date: 1261
- Culture: China
- Medium: Fan mounted as an album leaf; a) ink on silk, b) ink on paper, c) ink on paper
- Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 8 11/16 in. (20.8 x 22.1 cm)
- Classification: Calligraphy
- Credit Line: Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988
- Object Number: 1989.363.23a–c
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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