Mountain Hiking
Guanting Li
Details
- Artist
- Guanting Li
- Title
- Mountain Hiking
- Year
- 2015
- Medium
- colour ink on rice paper
- Size
- 67 x 134 cm
Provenance
the artist
Exhibited
Guanting Li: Harmonies, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne, 12 Apri - 31 May 2025
Further Information
茶不求精，而壶亦不燥；酒不求冽，而樽亦不空。素琴无弦而常调，短笛无腔而自适。纵难超越羲皇，亦可匹俦嵇阮。
冠廷
English Translation of text in the painting:
Tea need not be of the finest quality, yet the pot is never dry;
Wine need not be the strongest, yet the cup is never empty.
A plain zither, though stringless, remains ever in tune;
A short flute, though without a defined melody, brings natural delight.
Though it may be difficult to surpass the sages of ancient times,
one can still find kindred spirit in Ji Kang and Ruan Ji.
Guanting
Background :
这段文字出自《菜根谭》，标题为“超越欲望，只求真趣” 。
This passage is from Cai Gen Tan (Vegetable Roots Discourse), titled “Transcending Desires, Seeking Only True Delight”.
- 羲皇（伏羲）
上古传说中的帝王，中华文明的始祖之一，创八卦。
Xi Huang (Fuxi)
A legendary ancient emperor, one of the founders of Chinese civilization, credited with creating the Eight Trigrams.
- 嵇康
魏晋名士，竹林七贤之一，精于古琴。
Ji Kang（223–262）
A Wei-Jin scholar, master of guqin, and member of the Seven Sages.
- 阮籍
魏晋诗人，竹林七贤之一，以放达著称。
Ruan Ji（210–263）
A Wei-Jin poet, famed for his unrestrained spirit among the Seven Sages.