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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Name: Wen Zhengming Creator Nationality: Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese Creator Role: Artist Creator Dates/Places: 1470 - 1559 Creator Name-CRT: Wen Zhengming Title: Listening to the Bamboo Title Type: Primary View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1500 Creation End Date: 1559 Creation Date: late 1400s-1500s Object Type: Paintings Materials and Techniques: hanging scroll, ink on Sung sutra paper Dimensions: Overall: 94.5cm x 30.5cm Inscriptions: Artist's inscription, signature, and 2 seals on separate sheet of paper above painting:In the empty studio sitting in deep loneliness;Like cool sound sending pure beauty,Or pendants swinging in the wind,Or a solitary ch'in suggesting running water.Where is that sound from?The green poles in the courtyard,Clear and light like an echo,The sound and ears are in tune.The sound of bamboo now very beautiful;My ears are also clear.Who says the sound is in the bamboo?To know it depends on oneself.A noble person is like a tall bamboo;A thin bamboo is like the noble man.When the sound enters, the mind responds,Only one thing but artificially separated.A bystander searching for the sound,But the sound can only be found in silence.Otherwise I am still I,Bamboo is still bamboo.Even if I live with bamboo every day,Still the music will be a thousand miles away.Look at sound's most primeval source:Did it enter a zither or a lute? Composing a poem on Listening to the Bamboo. Written by Cheng-ming at the T'ing-yün kuan. Wen Cheng-ming [2 seals] Wen Cheng-ming yin; Wei keng-yin wu i chiang. [ 2 seals on middle right edge of painting] Wen Cheng-ming yin; Wei keng-yin wu i chiang.trans. LYSL/WKH7 additional seals: 5 of the Ch'ien-lung emperor (r. 173695); 2 unidentified. AMICA Contributor: The Cleveland Museum of Art Owner Location: Cleveland, Ohio, USA ID Number: 1977.172 Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund Rights: http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html Provenance: (Jean-Peirre Dubosc) AMICA ID: CMA_.1977.172 AMICA Library Year: 2001 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright, The Cleveland Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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