Heaven's Will and Human Affairs Are One (Tian ren he yi 天人合一)
Heaven's Will and Human Affairs Are One (Tian ren he yi 天人合一)

©2000, Jung Hao-jan

Heaven's Will and Human Affairs Are One (Tian ren he yi 天人合一)
Heaven's Will and Human Affairs Are One (Tian ren he yi 天人合一)

Currently not on view

Heaven's Will and Human Affairs Are One (Tian ren he yi 天人合一),

undated; ca. 2000

Rong Haoran 容浩然, born 1954
Chinese
Modern period, 1912–present
2001-17

Information

Title
Heaven's Will and Human Affairs Are One (Tian ren he yi 天人合一)
Dates

undated; ca. 2000

Maker
Rong Haoran 容浩然
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on paper
Dimensions
Calligraphy: 152.8 x 52.5 cm (60 3/16 x 20 11/16 in.) Mount: 249.5 x 71.8 cm. (98 1/4 x 28 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Yung Ho Yin
Object Number
2001-17
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Text: 天人合一 (tian ren he yi) "All the people under heaven are united" or "The will of heaven and the affairs (tian yi ren shi 天意人事) of man are united" A philosophical view about relations between man and nature proposed by Zi Si and Mencius in the Warring States Period; the view insist that the heaven has its will, and human will is the embodiment of that of heaven, so that the will of heaven is the governor of the human will, and human will can also move the will of heaven so that the will of heaven and human are united. Note: In the first three characters each stroke is a single brush movement, but in the last character "unity" (yi), which is also the most dynamic, several movements come together to form the single stroke. This may be a symbolic play on the notion of unity, as the character seems to explode outwards in flung ink dots and splashes. Titleslip Text: 容浩然、行草、天人合一
Marks/Labels/Seals
artist's square yin seal: "Haoran" square intaglio Nine characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
hanging scrolls, calligraphy (visual work), calligraphy (writing)
Materials
paper (fiber product), ink
Subject
poems, heaven

–2001 Yung Ho Yin (Rong Haoran), born 1954 (Hong Kong), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2001.

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