Year: 2025
Dimensions: 39.3×39.3 cm
Title: Immortal at the River·Returning to Lingao by Night
Green Jade Cup·Lantern Festival
Medium: Metal frame, silk brocade, Suzhou-crafted fan-shaped paper embellished with “fish-roe” and “snowflake” gold
Content:
Immortal at the River (By Su Shi)
Drinking at Eastern Slope by night,
I sober,then get drunk again.
When I come back, it's near midnight.
I hear the thunder of my houseboy’s snore,
I knock but no one answers at my door.
What can I do but, learning on my cane,
Listen to the river’s refrain?
I long regret I am not master of my own.
When can I just ignore the hums of up and down?
In the still night the soft winds quiver
On the ripples of the river.
From now on,I would vanish with my little boat,
For the rest of my life, on the sea I would float.
Green Jade Cup · Lantern Festival (By Xin Qiji)
One night's east wind adorns a thousand trees with flowers
And blows down stars in showers.
Fine steeds and carved cabs spread fragrance en route,
Music vibrates from the flute,
The moon sheds its full light
While fish and dragon lanterns dance all night.
In gold-thread dress, with moth or willow ornaments,
Giggling, they melt into the throng with trails of scents.
But in the crowd once and again,
I look for her in vain.
When all at once I turn my head,
I find her there where lantern light is dimly shed.
Colophon & Signature
In the year of Yisi, Wang Yunyun.
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