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Source Description
An important government official and poet, Qian Feng [Ch'ien Feng] is remembered for his courage in speaking out against corruption in high places. Here, he as written that Sima Guang [Ssu-ma Kuang] (1019-1086), a Song-dynasty historian and conservative politician, had inscribed these words at the top of a mountain: "The secret of mountain climbing is to walk slowly, so that you will not tire, and to put down your feet on level spots, so that you will not stumble. This one should know."
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Document identity
localId
19065
label
Calligraphy
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
19065
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Calligraphy
description
An important government official and poet, Qian Feng [Ch'ien Feng] is remembered for his courage in speaking out against corruption in high places. Here, he as written that Sima Guang [Ssu-ma Kuang] (1019-1086), a Song-dynasty historian and conservative politician, had inscribed these words at the top of a mountain: "The secret of mountain climbing is to walk slowly, so that you will not tire, and to put down your feet on level spots, so that you will not stumble. This one should know."
provenance
Sale, Christie's, New York, December 2, 1992, no. 64; Walters Art Museum, 1992, by purchase.
date
1740-1795 (Qing)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
kakemono
scroll paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
123.2
height
42
dimensionsRaw
H: 48 1/2 x W: 16 9/16 in. (123.2 x 42 cm)
Source extras
cul
Chinese
inscriptions
[Inscription] 溫公嵩山題字雲登山有道徐行則不困措足於平穩之地則不跌戒之哉; [Signature] Feng; [Seal] Three seals of the artist; [Seal] one collector's seal
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
ink on paper
creator_ids
2124
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CHN
exhibition_ids
none
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1
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0
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photo
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