Ming Dynasty
Abe Collection
40.6×677.3
handscroll, light color on silk
| This is a depiction of the Panguxu, written by the Tang Dynasty poet Han Yu. The entire poem is written after the landscape scene. In the poem, Li Yuan decides to return to his hometown of Pangu after failing to become a government official. Pangu is a suitable place to lead a secluded life and seek the ideal life of harmony with nature. That is precisely the world longed for by the literati. |