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"inscription_translation": "Poem by Wei Shijie: \n\nI am not so skilled in portraiture;\nYou are far superior in composing pictures.\nBy chance we had a piece of silk cut to size.\nBut await [a master] with the skill of three strands. \nShrouding the cliff, the panpipe\u2019s sound seems all-penetrating. \nWell nourished and sincere, you hide the sword in the shield.\nThe sheer cliffs stand against the flying snow.\nCan we hear the Guanglin tides at all?\n\nPortrait painted for Qiuyue (Hua Yan) by Shijie.\nSeals: Wei Shijie, Ziliang",
"inscription_remark": "In the context of portraiture, \"three strands\" \u4e09\u8c6a likely refers to Gu Kaizhi's \u9867\u6137\u4e4b depicting the likeness of his contemporary Pei Kai \u6590\u6977. By adding three hairs or strands of beard in Pei Kai's cheeks, he was able to accentuate his personal characteristics.",
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"inscription_translation": "Inscription by Hua Yan: \n\nSince I became an orphan, I set about to travel widely. Like an uprooted man, I was aimless. In the end, all I have left is but to heave a deep sigh.\n\nWhen compared with Ruan Ji [210\u2013263 CE], I am ashamed to have achieved so little: a full decade I lost for not having studied. Faced with Hou Ba\u2019s [1st century CE] inquisitiveness, I felt inadequate: why didn\u2019t I carry any books with me in my long journeys? Mt. Kuanglu, moreover, is far away; even if I could still see the snow flurries around its peaks in my imagination, what\u2019s the use? But Yanjing is by no means distant; still I am unable to discern a sword that can turn into a dragon.\n\nMy kind mother has been longing for me. It\u2019s utterly senseless that I should travel so far. Listen to the call of the cuckoo; more than ever it is time to return. Alas, I trod many wrong paths in my life. I have become a lost sheep! To improve myself seems like climbing a pole of a hundred feet.\n\nI was uncouth indeed. You may portray me as a wild eccentric!",
"inscription_remark": "Hua's reference to being an orphan likely refers to the death of his father.",
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"did_you_know": "Hua Yan's autobiographical inscription, full of remorse and insecurity, is squeezed into the contour of a hill in the upper left.",
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"description": "This portrait was jointly executed by Wei Shijie and Hua Yan himself who painted the landscape in the background. Hua Yan is shown here at the age of about 23. The sword at his back is a reference to his early desire for a military career, while the scholar\u2019s robe suggests an opposing aspiration. Together these are signs of a complex personality.
The painting also reveals Hua Yan\u2019s early talent in painting. While Wei Shijie is little known, Hua Yan would later become a well-known painter. In addition to Wei Shijie and Hua Yan, nine of Hua Yan\u2019s contemporary friends left inscriptions on the painting.",
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