Year: 2025
Dimensions: 42.3×18.3 cm
Title: Excerpt from Memorial to Yueyang Tower
Medium: Metal frame, gold-threaded silk brocade, and imported paper finished with crushed gold leaf
Content:
In springtime it is warm and the sun is bright. The lake is tranquil and it merges with the azure sky into a vast expanse of blue. The water-birds are playing,some fluttering in the sky,some gathering together on the sandbars.Fishes of varied hues are swimming merrily in the water.The sweet-smelling grass by the banks and the faintly scented orchids on the sandy beaches are lush and green.Sometimes,when the mist over the lake vanishes,the glorious moon shines over the vast land,its brightness glistening with golden light on the lake.The reflection of the moon is like a piece of jade in the depths of the water.The fishermen’s songs chime in with each other.How delightful they are!On ascending the Tower at such a time,one will feel a spiritual uplift caring for neither glory nor shame.With a cup of wine in the gentle breeze,he will enjoy the greatest happiness in life!
Colophon & Signature:
Excerpt from Memorial to Yueyang Tower.The Song scholar Wang Pizhi once observed that, during the Qingli era, Teng Zijing was demoted from office and appointed prefect of Baling. Teng's governance there was acclaimed as the best under heaven. After his administration had achieved success, he restored Yueyang Tower and invited Fan Zhongyan to write this account.
Wang Yunyun.
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