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Garden for Solitary Enjoyment, the spiritual home of scholars
Garden of Solitary Enjoyment refers to a site built in 1073 by the statesman Sima Guang (1019–1086) after he had retired to Luoyang, Henan province. Every spring, visitors would flock to his garden.
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Appreciation of Vimalakirti Scroll. Song Dynasty
Ming dynasty Buddhist scroll depicting Vimalakirti’s debate, blending ink precision with mineral pigments, housed in Taipei Palace Museum.
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Snowy Mountains and Red Trees Scroll. Six Dynasties
A scholar contemplates the vista from a pavilion, while a visitor on a donkey crosses a frost-laden bridge, their postures subtly conveying winter’s bite and literati resilience
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Snow Scenery Scroll. Song Dynasty. Ma Yuan
This work bridges Southern Song lyrical minimalism and Ming reinterpretations, offering insights into Ma Yuan’s enduring influence and the evolution of “academy-style” landscape painting.
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Spring Festival Auspicious Scroll：Frozen Festivities in Ink
scholars in sable cluster around wine warmers while linen-clad servants stand frozen, unlit firecrackers dangling like Damocles’ sword. Hailed as “a pathological specimen of Ming genre painting.”
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Spring Mountains and Auspicious Pines Scroll
Mi Fu’s “Cloudy Peaks and Pines” scroll whispers ancient burnout remedies through ink-wash poetry. The lone pavilion stands like a medieval mindfulness app icon, while mist-shrouded pines encode Song-era work-life balance wisdom.
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A Silent Love Tragedy in Ming Art: Why Did Lü Ji Separate the Ducks?
Artwork captures emotional tension through minimalism: ducks turn away on a cold stone, duckweeds hover mid-fall. This Ming court masterpiece is hailed as “the spiritual breakthrough in bird-and-flower painting.”
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Xia’ao Yanxia – Harmony with Nature and Inner Freedom
Artwork integrates landscapes and figures to express his profound contemplation of nature, reclusive living, and artistic philosophy.
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Chang’e’s Flight to the Moon Handscroll, Tang Yin
This painting depicts the lunar goddess Chang’e holding a rabbit in quiet contemplation. Chang’e stands apart, her gaze introspective, as if pondering the bittersweet divide between immortality and human connection.