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Four Sleepers

CHINA; Yuan dynasty (1271-1368); Ink on paper; 77.8 x 34.3 cm; Tokyo National Museum, Japan
In this Yuan dynasty painting, Fenggan, Hanshan, Shide, and a tiger are depicted sleeping soundly together. There are several verses about these four sleeping figures in the Buddhist poetry of the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). In the Recorded Sayings of the Qiaoyin Monk there is a verse reading: Humans and a tiger as a group

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