New Members Yangshuo Posted October 1, 2017 at 08:14 AM New Members Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 at 08:14 AM Dear forum members, May i kindly ask you to translate this for me. I bought this painting in Yangshuo twenty years ago. Thank you very much indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lips Posted October 1, 2017 at 11:50 AM Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 at 11:50 AM Picture of 钟馗 （a traditional Chinese god) subduing a tiger. The text: 钟馗 (name of the god) 诚既勇兮又以武 终刚强兮不可凌 身既死兮神以灵 魂魄毅兮为鬼雄 (Part of a poem 《九歌·国殇》 by Qu Yuan 屈原(~300 BC), mourning the fallen soldiers of his nation). 丙辰年之秋德元写于成都之西郊 (Written by Deyuan in the fall of 1976 (or 1916) in the western countryside of Chengdu). 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted October 1, 2017 at 12:17 PM Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 at 12:17 PM I was stymied by this because the seal seems to read 德元, doesn't it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lips Posted October 1, 2017 at 12:19 PM Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 at 12:19 PM You're right. It's 德元. I didn't read the seal, and it was 德 in running grass script in the text also. Post corrected. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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