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The Inhabitants of Lung-su
Attributed to Tung Yuan
(active ca. A.D. 930)
Five Dynasties Period
Ink and colors on silk.
Hanging scroll.
156.0 x 160.0cm
Tung Yuan or Shu-ta
(his style name) was from
Nanking, Kiangsu province.
He served the Southern
T'ang court as Assistant
Commissioner of the
Northern Park. According
to tradition, Tung Yuan
painted landscapes in two
styles; one following the
monochrome ink executed
in a bold manner with
coarse brush strokes, and
the other following the
T'ang "green and blue"
colored landscape tradition
in which the drawing is
meticulous.
The painting's present
name is based on a
colophon by Tung Ch'i-
ch'ang (A.D. 1555-1636).
But the Ch'ien-lung emperor
(A.D. 1736-1796) explains in
his inscription on the
painting that this landscape
represents a summer
festival where music is
played while there is a
tug-of-war on the boat for
the evocation of rain. The
human figures on both
shores are tiny against the
majestic verdant hill on
the right side. The landscape
is seen from above, offering
a panoramic view of distant
hills and lakes.