Wikipedia

File:元 佚名 倣趙孟頫 九歌圖 冊-Nine Songs MET (J).jpg

Original file (3,909 × 3,154 pixels, file size: 2.58 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Nine Songs 九歌圖   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist

Unknown
佚名

After Zhao Mengfu
倣趙孟頫
(1254–1322)
Title
Nine Songs
九歌圖
Description

The Metropolitan Museum of Art states:

The Nine Songs are lyrical, shamanistic incantations dedicated to nine classes of deities worshipped by the Chu people of south China during the first millennium B.C. The original text consists of eleven songs, ten of which are transcribed and illustrated here. The illustrations are preceded by a portrait of the poet Qu Yuan (343–277 B.C.), which is accompanied by an essay entitled "The Fisherman," recounting the poet's state of mind toward the end of his life.
Zhao Mengfu's paintings for the Nine Songs in the baimiao, or "white-drawing" style, are based on compositions by Li Gonglin (ca. 1041–1106) and were a primary source for later fourteenth-century paintings of this theme by Zhang Wu (active 1333–65) and others. Because the calligraphy in the album does not compare with the best of Zhao Mengfu's writing, it is probable that these leaves represent close, reliable copies of Zhao's important work, executed during the fourteenth century. One leaf, "The Lord of Clouds," is a later replacement (no earlier than the seventeenth century).
Date 14th century (?)
Medium Album of eleven paintings; ink on paper
Dimensions 10 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (26.4 x 15.9 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Asian Art
Accession number
1973.121.15a–p
Credit line Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Fletcher Fund, 1973
Inscriptions

Chinese text, standard script:

與女遊兮九河，　　 衝風起兮橫波。
乘水車兮荷蓋，　　 駕兩龍兮驂螭。
登崑崙兮四望，　 心飛揚兮浩蕩。
日將暮兮悵忘歸，　惟極浦兮寤懷。
魚鱗鱗屋兮龍堂，　 紫貝闕兮朱宮。
靈何為兮水中。 乘白黿兮逐文魚。　　
與女遊兮河之渚， 流澌紛兮將來下。
子交手兮東行，　　 送美人兮南浦。
波滔滔兮來迎，　　 魚鄰鄰兮媵予。
右河伯

English translation:

I wander with you by the Nine Mouths of the river
When the storm wind rises and lashes up the waves.
I ride a water chariot with a canopy of lotus;
Two dragons draw it, between two water-serpents.
I climb the Kun-lun mountain and look over the four quarters,
And my heart leaps up in me, beating wildly.
Though the day will soon end, I forget to go in my pleasure:
Longingly I look back to that distant shore.
Of fish-scales his palace is, with a dragon-scale hall;
Purple cowrie gate-towers; rooms of pearl.
And what does the god do, down there in the water?
Riding a white turtle, he chases the spotted fishes.
Let me play with you among the river’s islets,
While the swollen waters come rushing on their way!
Eastward you journey, with hands stately folded,
Bearing your fair bride to the southern harbour.
The waves come racing up to meet me,
And shoals of fishes are my bridal train.
To the right is ‘The River Earl’
Notes

The album comprises:

  • Leaf A
    Leaf A
  • Leaf B Portrait of Qu Yuan 屈原像
    Leaf B
    Portrait of Qu Yuan
    屈原像
  • Leaf C The Great Unity, God of the Eastern Sky 東皇太一
    Leaf C
    The Great Unity, God of the Eastern Sky
    東皇太一
  • Leaf D The Lord within the Clouds 雲中君
    Leaf D
    The Lord within the Clouds
    雲中君
  • Leaf E The Goddess of the Xiang 湘君
    Leaf E
    The Goddess of the Xiang
    湘君
  • Leaf F The Lady of the Xiang 湘夫人
    Leaf F
    The Lady of the Xiang
    湘夫人
  • Leaf G The Greater Master of Fate 大司命
    Leaf G
    The Greater Master of Fate
    大司命
  • Leaf H The Lesser Master of Fate 少司命
    Leaf H
    The Lesser Master of Fate
    少司命
  • Leaf I The Lord of the East 東君
    Leaf I
    The Lord of the East
    東君
  • Leaf J The River Earl 河伯
    Leaf J
    The River Earl
    河伯
  • Leaf K The Mountain Spirit 山鬼
    Leaf K
    The Mountain Spirit
    山鬼
  • Leaf L Hymn to the Fallen 國殤
    Leaf L
    Hymn to the Fallen
    國殤
... and leaf M, N, O, and P (consisting of colophons of a later date), which are not uploaded on Wikimedia Commons.
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40511

Permission
(Reusing this file)
Creative Commons CC-Zero This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current01:43, 30 November 2017Thumbnail for version as of 01:43, 30 November 20173,909 × 3,154 (2.58 MB)Cold Season=={{int:filedesc}}== <!-- info also falls under Creative Commons Zero https://metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/image-resources --> {{Artwork |artist = Unknown <br> 佚名 After Zhao Mengfu <br> 倣趙孟頫 <br> (1254–...

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:元_佚名_倣趙孟頫_九歌圖_冊-Nine_Songs_MET_(J).jpg"