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Portrait of the Poet Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty,
1602 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
after Wang Wei 王維 , painter, ca. 699 - ca. 759
Sun Wenlong 孫文龍, inscriber, carving agent, active Wanli period, 1573–1615
Sun Wenlong 孫文龍, inscriber, carving agent, active Wanli period, 1573–1615
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
y1958-175
Information
Title
Portrait of the Poet Meng Haoran of the Tang Dynasty
Dates
1602 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Maker
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
image: 54.5 x 115.5 cm. (21 7/16 x 45 1/2 in.)
58 x 128.5 cm. (22 13/16 x 50 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1958-175
Place Made
Asia, China
Inscription
孟襄陽小像 “Portrait of Meng Xiangyang”
摹王右丞筆 “After the brush of Wang Youcheng (i.e., Wang Wei)”
王右丞畫并贈：
故人不可見，江水日東流。借問襄陽老，江山空蔡洲。
Notes:
1. This is the poem “Tears for Meng Haoran” (Ku Meng Haoran 哭孟浩然) by Wang Wei.
李青蓮贈：
吾愛孟夫子，風流天下聞。紅顏棄軒冕，白首臥鬆雲。
醉月頻中聖，迷花不事君。高山安可仰，徒此揖清芬。
Notes:
1. This is the poem “For Meng Haoran” (Zeng Meng Haoran 贈孟浩然) by Li Bai 李白 (701-762).
2. Explanation 譯文
我敬重孟先生的莊重瀟灑，
他爲人高尚風流倜儻聞名天下。
少年時鄙視功名不愛官冕車馬，
高齡白首又歸隱山林摒棄塵雜。
明月夜常常飲酒醉得非凡高雅，
他不事君王迷戀花草胸懷豁達。
高山似的品格怎麼能仰望着他？
只在此揖敬他芬芳的道德光華！
https://fanti.dugushici.com/ancient_proses/7693
新葺孟公亭，漫賦短句。
千載風流，未可追新，亭重貌九，豐儀長松，颯颯涼颸，動疑是[騎]，驢看雪時。
一片秋雲，江上來吟，高白雪滿，平臺小窓，今夜看松，月幾度思，君臥碧苔。
萬曆壬寅[1602]八月中秋 候學東吳孫文龍題并立石
。。。[unclear in photo; carver may be named]
Notes:
1. Sun Wenlong 孫文龍 (act. Wanli period, 1573-1615), compiled Chengtian fuzhi 承天府志, Taoyuan xianzhi 桃源縣志, etc.
Description
At right is a portrait of the poet Meng Haoran 孟浩然 (689-740) of the Tang dynasty, who was also known as Meng Xiangyang. He walks with his hands held in front in a long-sleeved robe. Following behind him is a young attendant carrying a bamboo staff and leading a saddled donkey. A tall pine tree at right overhangs the two travelers. The image is said to be in the brush manner of painter, poet, and politician Wang Wei. At left are transcriptions of poems about Meng Haoran by Wang Wei and Li Bai 李白 (701-762), followed by a 1602 poetic inscription by Sun Wenlong commemorating repairs to a pavilion dedicated to Meng Haoran.
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