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Title: Poem by Chang Chiu-ling
Date Created and/or Issued: [17--]
Contributing Institution: UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection: Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type: image
Format: 1 hanging scroll; 133 x 56 cm. Signed "天壽" (Tenju) with two seals at lower left corner. One additional seal at upper right corner. Four-line inscription reads "The lone wild goose comes flying over sea-- / puddles and ponds?--he deigns not to glance at them. / Looking askance, he sees pairs of kingfishers / nesting upon three bejewelled trees. / So high and proud at the tips of this precious wood, / can they possibly avoid the fear of golden pellets? / Those who wear fine clothes will suffer from finger pointing; / those who climb high and shine tempt envy of the gods. / 'But I now travel through mysterious vastness; / hunters--how can they yearn for me?'" (trans. Stephen Addiss). ink on paper
Form/Genre: hanging scrolls
calligraphy
poetry
Middle Edo
Nanga
Identifier: ark:/13030/hb000007c3
ucm_li_2002_167
Language: Chinese
chi
Subject: Geese

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