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Chinese Poem, "Hall of the Refreshing Rain
- Museum No.
- BK730
Photo No：74168-43746
Color type：Monochrome
| Title | Chinese Poem, "Hall of the Refreshing Rain |
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| Designation | |
| Artist | Wang Wenzhi |
| Category | Calligraphy (B), Chinese Calligraphy, Poetry |
| Country | China |
| Period | Qing |
| Century | 18th |
| Year | 1783 |
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| Materials | |
| Dimensions | Height 24.1cm Width 15.1cm |
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Wang Wenzhi (1730-1802), whose sobriquet was Yuqing and pseudonym, Menglou, was a native of Zhenjiang in the province of Jiangsu, China. He became a jinshi ("successful candidate of the national civil service examination held at the imperial capital") in 1770 (Qianlong 35). He presented this calligraphy on an old Chinese poem to a person named Gengyun. He had visited the Ryûkyû Islands (present-day Okinawa Prefecture), and this work bears a stamp at the end reading "I have crossed the blue ocean." All the poems in this work are contained in his collection, Menglou shiji (literally "the poetry collection of dream pavilion"), handwritten by Wenzhi in 1795 (Qianlong 60). Strongly influenced by Dong Qichang (1555-1636) of the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644), his handwriting style is beautiful yet somewhat frivolous.
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