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Hanshan and Shide
CHINA; Qing dynasty (1644–1911); By Luo Pin; Ink and color on paper; 78.3 x 51.4 cm; Nelson–Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Luo Pin, the painter of this picture, was the youngest yet most renowned member of the group of innovative artists known as the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. According to Chronicle of the Buddha and Patriarchs and Transmission of the Lamp, Hanshan was a hermit who lived on Tiantaishan during the Tang dynasty (618-907). His conduct was unrestrained and spontaneous, and he enjoyed reciting poetry and singing Buddhist verses. Shide, a friend of Hanshan, lived in Guoqing Temple on Tiantaishan. Taizhou's provinicial governor Lu Qiuyin once asked Fenggan if anyone outstanding and worthy lived at Guoqing Temple, to which Fenggan responded, Hanshan |
