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Ma Lin\u2019s response is this painting. At the water\u2019s edge, a scholar reclines by a large rock. The view leads across the empty middle ground to a distant mountain. With sparse ink and subtly graded washes, Ma Lin visualizes the poetic verse. The painting suggests the impact of Chan aesthetics through interaction between the palace, literati-officials, and monasteries around Hangzhou.
The leaf facing Emperor Lizong\u2019s calligraphy has an inscription by Zhang Daqian (1899\u20131983).",
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