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Celestial Master Zhang Daoling,
1734 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Ling Chou 凌燽, painter, juren degree 1713
Chinese
Qing dynasty, 1644–1912
y1958-217
Information
Title
Celestial Master Zhang Daoling
Dates
1734 (stone); late 19th to first half of 20th century (rubbing)
Maker
Ling Chou 凌燽 , painter
Medium
Hanging scroll; red ink rubbing on paper
Dimensions
image: 201 x 91 cm. (79 1/8 x 35 13/16 in.)
220 x 95 cm. (86 5/8 x 37 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George Rowley
Object Number
y1958-217
Place Made
Asia, China
Inscription
Right, top:
Yanyi daoren 演易道人 (unknown)
靖藩演易道人寫于天南一柱峰之五月五日
Notes:
1. In the Ming dynasty, Jingfan 靖藩 in Guangxi province was a location with many Daoist monasteries and shrines. Fierce in appearance with bulging eyes and
2. Tiannan 天南: may refer to Lingnan 岭南, a geographic area referring to the lands in the south of the Nanling Mountains. The region covers the modern Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan as well as modern northern Vietnam.
Left, top:
Ling Chou 凌燽 (juren degree 1713)
讃曰
名列丹府功著本城草[注:山在上早在下)蛇
在袖光射斗曐艾虎揚威
靈符辟兵玄妙流通魑魅
灊形
泉莊居士凌燽谨摹
錄別詳於記
Notes:
1. Ling Chou 凌燽 (juren degree 1713), from Anhui安徽省-鳳陽府-定遠縣, scholar and official.
http://archive.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/ttscgi/ttsquerynew?0:0:mctauac:%289719%29@NO
Bottom: (damaged stone)
天師道陵。。。
雍正十二年。。。
Celestial Master Daoling . . . . In 12th year (1734) of the Yongzheng reign . . .
Description
The Celestial Master Zhang Daoling 張道陵 (34-156), the founder of the Zhengyi 正一 sect of Daoism, is sometimes pictured riding a tiger, as in this red ink rubbing. Fierce in countenance with bulging eyes and his hair and beard jutting out in sharp tufts, his robe is outlined with bold angular lines. From the three inscriptions, it appears that Ling Chou, who was active during the Yongzheng (1723-1735) reign period, painted the image. The long inscription dated to the 12th year (1734) of the Yongzheng reign along the bottom reveals that the stone was much damaged in this area. This inscription may have once contained the names of the person responsible for having the image cut into stone, and possibly also the name of the carver.
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