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My guest came to sit beyond the dust,
In a narrow room, we talked about the autumnal sounds of autumn.
Hua Yan presented an intimate world\u2014simple and rustic\u2014amid a landscape. The cool wilderness depicted in this work conveys an aloofness that may reveal the inner world of a scholar-artist who failed the civil service examination but preserved a sense of pride and endurance in his humble surroundings.",
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