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Narcissus

Zhao Mengjian, a member of the Song imperial family and an accomplished scholar and calligrapher, specialized in painting narcissi and raised the flower to the level of the orchid in the esteem of scholars. Offering the promise of spring, the narcissus is known in Chinese as the "water goddess" (shuixian) or the "goddess who stands above the waves" (lingbo xianzi). The fragrant blossoms are associated with the two goddesses of the Xiang River and, by extension, with Qu Yuan (343–277 b.c.), author of Li Sao (On Encountering Sorrow). Qu Yuan, a loyal minister of the state of Chu, drowned himself in a tributary of the Xiang River after failing to alert his prince of the imminent danger threatening the state.In a poem appended to the scroll after the Mongol conquest, the Song loyalist Qiu Yuan (1247–after 1327) describes Zhao"s narcissi as the only vision of life in an otherwise devastated land:The shiny bronze dish is upset, and the immortals" dew spilled;The bright jade cup is smashed, like broken coral.I pity the narcissus for not being the orchid.Which at least had known the sober minister from Chu.

Chao Meng-Chien (1199 – 1295)

Esplora le opere di chao meng-chien (zhao mengjian), celebre pittore della dinastia Song noto per i suoi acquerelli a inchiostro di narcisi, fiori di pruno, orchidee e bambù.

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