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"inscription_translation": "Inscription by Gao Yong \u9ad8\u9095 (1820\u20131921), dated 1898: \n\nThe book of poetry by Master Xu[gu] is still open. \nOn this night terrace, can any painting inspiration get close? \nThe present Deaf Assistant Magistrate [i.e. Gao Yong] discusses art with all the fervor. \nIs anyone there to inspire me?\n\nMonk Xugu\u2019s painting for Youshan is presented to Yuting. Inscribed and recorded by Gao Yong, at Canshi Lou in Mount Tai, on the 20th day, 3rd month of the wuxu year [1898].",
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"inscription_translation": "Inscription by Li Ruiqing \u674e\u745e\u6e05 (1867\u20131920): \n\nI have not had the fortune of meeting Master Xugu. From the writing of the Deaf-Mute Gao [i.e. Gao Yong], he must have been a lofty presence in Shanghai. In this painting, his brush sweeps across like wind. Whatever he does turns into untrammeled poetry. It depicts the loquats as bundles of gold. Were one to sit below the tree, it would be like inhaling the cool atmosphere in the fifth month at Lake Dongting!\n\nYuting once collected this work. Now it is given to [Zhang] Songzhou. Inscribed by Qing Daoren.",
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"did_you_know": "Xugu inscribed his painting on the right, dedicating it to a Mr. Youshan. Two additional inscriptions by other writers were added later, each time the painting changed owners.",
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"description": "The loquat is a plant native to China that produces a juicy, yellow fruit in early summer. The artist may have intentionally extended the branches beyond the paper to emphasize the abundance of fruit. Xugu\u2019s subjects of flowers, goldfish, and loquats express wishes for abundance and wealth, and must have appealed to his patrons.
Xugu gave up his career as a military official during the Taiping rebellion (1850\u201364) and became an itinerant monk who painted for a living. He spent the later years of his life in Shanghai and his fame as an artist is associated with that city.",
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