tree

landscape

standing (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

scarf used to tie around the waist

robe

rock

bank

shoes

rivers

holding something

scholar

upper garment

house

headkerchief

brook

clumps of green plants

pine tree

blooming of flowers

leaf

human figure

walking (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

trousers

thickly growing plants

sitting (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

attendant

balustrade

storied building and pavilion

petal

table

distant mountain

mountain path

cloud

roof

bamboo

shore

barefoot

conversation

foundation of a building

thatched cottage

branch

hat

stool

enclosing wall

flower bud

fight

standing (animal)

mountain spring

mountain fog or vapour

spreading wings (animal)

motif

flight of steps

The Classic of Mountains and Seas

head ornament

Lü Wang

waterfall

autumn

bamboo fence

willow

houseboy

dead tree

auspicious cloud

stem

stamen

courtyard

hair worn in a burn or coil

window

layers of cliff rocks

fog

dragon

pillar

blossom

garden rock

walking stick

mountain

bridge

grass

eaves

horse

bamboo hat

official

houseboat

holding in both hands

skirt

crewman

holding a staff

kiosk built at waterside

water flow

foot bridge

child

kiosk

cupping one hand in the other before the chest

courtyard gate

man

books

huge cliff rock

woman

sitting with feet touching the ground

common people

Buddhist monastery

red leaf

sailing

coloured ribbon

rock on a slope

birds and flowers

partition board

cliff face

shoulder pole

riding a horse

snapped twig

low-saturation blue-green rock

perching on branch (bird)

girdle

lower garment

huge rock

salute

performing magic arts

spring

cockleshell

mountain slope

mooring

wooden bridge

hat and headcloth

cliff rock

wall

mast of a boat

passing over a bridge

winter

shaved head

Fire

mountain ridge

miscellaneous trees

leaping up (animal)

gnarl

all peaks

beard (human face)

full blossom (flower)

chair

saddle

sword

rank-and-file soldier

shouldering a load with a shoulder pole

riding the clouds

islet

head (human body)

portrait

night

vine

scroll

plum

famous scenic spot

King Zhou of Shang

watching

cushion

city wall

tiled floor

emperor

cosmetic

ridge of a roof

cloud motif

house with a tile roof

lotus

bamboo grove

pond

incense burner

common reed

palace

sparse plants

turning head (bird)

pot

boots

rein

utensil for eating and drinking

sailing boat

imperial portrait

personal mount

farmland

tree peony

arch bridge

Nezha

decorative object worn on ears

seven-stringed zither

foot of a mountain

male farmer

shouldering a load

turning head (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

curtain

bringing palms together

stone stairway

viewing a scenery

imperial bodyguard

young woman of an official's family

ridges between fields

pillar and plinth

drinking cup

female attendant

plait

water waves

weaponry

miscellaneous opera

bamboo leaf

autumn scenery

low-saturation blue-green cliff rock

silhouette

great waves

all mountains

gathering

bridle

warrior

poling a boat

Huang Feihu

traveller

forest

kneeling (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

low table

high peak

armour

cliff

ornament at the top of a hat

army flag

dougong brackets

round deep basket

village

summer

squatting on the heels (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

sail

fruit

chrysanthemum

maturation (fruit)

plantain

carrying on back

facing downward (bird)

unadorned naturally hanging hair

bovine

boat pole

hat with a red tassel

couch

fisherman

terrace of a building

court hat

jug

pagoda

city gate

strange rock

pointing

brush for writing or painting

basket with a handle

holding a fan

glossy fungus

seated meditation

level ground

cross-legged sitting

bamboo branch

donkey

lake

challenging to battle

medical science

door

small stone bridge

basket

Wen Zhong

vermilion balustrade

fan (official procession)

winter scenery

screen

peach tree

empty kiosk

Yang Jian

two braided burn or coil on the top of the head

travel

bottle gourd

Grand Canal

leaving one's coat or shirt unbuttoned

grotto

dispatching troops

accessories (dress and personal adornment)

hairstyle

two sides of a river

dragon pearl

winding corridor

lotus leaf

tablet held by official in audience

hoe

monk robe

baby

clumps of flowers

acting under an order

cypress

thatched kiosk

perching (terrestrial bird)

distant peak

waters

halo

dog

painted screen

tall pine tree

mountain valley

Sudhana

rocks in a brook

state of being unclothed

poetic concept

Consort Daji

looking upward (bird)

clouds of five colours

paying a visit

playing a seven-stringed zither

inkstone

plate

vase

bow

snowpack

lying prone (animal)

cowl-like winter hat

swimming (animal)

stone table

King Wen of Zhou

accessories worn on the waist

spring scenery

type of theatrical makeup

cape

arrow

image of a deity

bracelet

welcoming

children's hairstyle

flag (official procession)

throne

walking together

tiger

watercraft

plant motif

layers of mountain tops with roads along ridges

King Wu of Zhou

spear

crying (animal)

paper

footpath

boating

camellia

riding a donkey

wish-granting sceptre

assessing a person's fortune by his or her appearance

candlestick

withering of plants

court dress

towing (domestic animal)

holding a scroll

candle

garden

leaning on something (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

Chinese parasol tree

umbrella

basin

cloth wrapper

fan

lone boat

peak

serving tray

jar

Tu Xingsun

sitting on a rock

single-edged sword

entrance to a monastery

lotus seat

canopy (official procession)

swiftly running stream with steep banks

ripples

workshop

tools (crafts and industries)

roof animal figures

holding a seven-stringed zither

drinking utensil

other figures (Buddhism)

turning head (animal)

arhat

flowerpot

snow

return journey

ancient tree

full moon

cloth ball

blue sky

civil official

necklace

lion

moon

liverworts and mosses

Buddhist monk

vines entwined around flowers

study utensils

battle helmet

withered branch

cold air

pair of passerines

green mountain

running (animal)

Chinese windmill palm

sitting facing each other

dragon robe

family

leg wrappings

giving a command

holding a sword

dry land

artisan

non-Han ethnic group

elderly man

passenger

box

kiosk on the cliff

arrival

reef

winter hat

flat mountain top

oar

bird (general)

imperial garden

bamboo (general)

Qu Yuan

phoenix

reading

fighting dress

layers of mountains with rounded summits

potted landscape

furniture

padded cushion

horsetail whisk

woman in the imperial palace

military barrack

peasantry

eminent official

bamboo grove

holding in arms

decapitated head

firewood

arrowhead leaf

male warrior with heavily painted face (role in a paly)

female farmer

high mountain

curio

horse finery

water buffalo

vehicle

blast furnace for making tea

chicken

sitting mat

Twenty-four Exemplars of Filial Piety

Yin Hong

mountain with caves

mandarin square

fishing rod

fishing boat

flowers in a vase

round fan

tree grove

reporting to a superior

memorialising the emperor

Leizhenzi

Yin Jiao

informal robe (stage costume)

thorny branch

cliffway

catching fish

boating alone

sitting alone

lying down (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

bamboo joint

goat-antelope

motif derived from the character 'hui'

winding bank

peach flower

creature with a beast head and a human body

mouth open (animal)

prayer beads

hands and arms (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

fabric

ornament at the front of a hat

plants and insects

luggage

anger

Randeng Daoren

encounter

Daoist immortal

fabulous animal

white plum blossom

children's play

old trunk

butterfly

carrying a hoe

poetic concept of Emperor Gaozong of Qing

summer scenery

Deng Jiugong

layers of mountain fog or vapour

mountain with a road along the ridge

motif of waves crashing against tall peaked rocks

paddling

flying flag

flying downward (bird)

viewing terrace

cotton rose

memorial archway

ghost jailer

Tongtian Jiaozhu

Zheng Lun

trunk

scull

rain

stroking one's beard

footrest

orchid

eight treasures

capturing alive

Huang Tianhua

tying someone's hands behind the back

Laozi

eating and drinking (animal)

elderly person

drinking liquor

flagpole

leaning on a balustrade

banquet

elegant gathering

winding brook

official dress with a mandarin square

boat tracker

shepherd boy

wind-and-fire wheel

looking upward (bird)

walking on water (imaginary transport)

riding (animal)

wheel

whip

standing rock

eating (animal)

shelf

Buddhist scriptures and texts

toy

pomegranate

towing a boat

honeybee

holding a court trial

realm of hell denizens

drum

formal dress

ferryboat

courtyard door leaf made of tree branches

leaning on a tree

city wall and moat

high mountain ridge

lantern

court necklace consisting of one hundred and eight beads

filial piety

clusters of round boulders at the top of a mountain

resting (bird)

nightfall

seal

statue

footpath paved with stone

riding a water buffalo

calling each other (birds)

Deng Chanyu

departure

sky

winter clothes

rowing a scull

cross flute

driving (domestic animal)

flowers placed in hair

wind

shoreside rock

Narcissus

snake

script writing

plantain tree leaf

chessboard

arrow (hunting equipment)

Deification of the Dead

Guangchengzi

cargo ship

spirits of plants and animals (myth)

root

fulvous daylily

top of a cliff

island

prostrating oneself (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

fish (general)

Tao Qian

mist

emissary

pondweed

Chinese rose

walking alone

armour and battle helmet

sun

feather fan

scroll foliage

mountain with a steep ridge

conferring the name of deity upon a deceased person

Su Hu

mountain deity

wife

leaf clothing

horse carriage

cassia

viewing a waterfall

lotus seedpod

torture

fruits and vegetables

halberd

red-crowned crane

Guanyin

rickshaw

chess

beast head

swastika motif

pail (crafts and industries)

eating a meal

Deng Jiugong Is Won Over

haystack

Li Jing

attacking (animal)

military officer

embankment

long narrow banner (official procession)

potted flower

running script

twenty-four winds in the flower season

reed shed

floating mountain fog or vapour

bow (hunting equipment)

Chong Heihu

An Attempted Theft Ends in Failure

God of Longevity

fishing by angling

Princes Take Flight

princes of the state

presenting something to a superior

vat

turban

animal motif

white cloud

pair of birds

memorial hall

mother and child (animal)

beating a drum

irregular branches

twenty-five kinds of consummate interpenetration

female silkworm raiser

forest of pine trees

Occupation of Lintong Guan

Subjugation of Lion, Elephant and Hou

Celestial Worthy of Original Commencement of Jade Clarity

Chijingzi

agricultural implements

sea

winding footpath

mountain top

travel

small fishing boat

moon window

chrysanthemum (general)

deer (general)

long life (human life)

pasturing water buffaloes

catching (animal)

Marshal Zhao

The Subjugation of Seven Sprites

falling off a horse

Lu Yue

Ziya's Soul Floats over Kunlun Shan

Xiqi City under Siege

Fei Zhong

goods

flying away (animal)

pink lotus flower

towering cliff rock

hair treasure

male warrior (role in a play)

soul

mother

living in reclusion

person of high character and integrity

squatting (animal)

angling alone

red official dress

study

servant

flower container

playing music

talking while sitting

wave motif

woman weaver

coiled branch

seed

flock of wild geese

sunset hibiscus

Relief Supplies Distributed

Su Hu Against Xiqi

Jizhou Marquis Su Hu's Rebellion against Shang

vertical bamboo flute

warrior's headkerchief

smoking

Su Shi

lotus petals

fishnet

domestic cat

Cai Yan

multi-storied building

rug

head down (bird)

elderly woman

auspicious deer

willow branch

pig

club (official procession)

implement of dharma

palm-leaf fan

travel by a conveyance

congratulating an elderly person on his or her birthday

dance

musical instrument

clumps of green grass

porthole

sacrificial rite (Confucianism)

woodcutter

The Rebellion of Two Marquises

Combat between Two Generals

Jiang Ziya as Commander

Lu Yue, a Deity of Epidemics

Gongming Assists the Grand Tutor

Sibuxiang

Shen Gongbao

Fei Zhong Plots to Depose the Queen

home decorative item

stand

summer hat

folding fan

Three Knights Errant and Five Sworn Brothers (Shi Yukun)

bushy beard without moustache

armour (stage costume)

apricot

bat

about to blossom (flower)

brush pot

official (central government)

porter

herdsman of horses

red plum blossom

Lady Wenji’s return to China

lay Buddhist

portrait of the sitter at leisure

flying (animal)

mountain forest

handscroll

boiling tea

guardsmen brigade

brocade pattern

cart or carriage compartment

bamboo scoop

San Yisheng

victory

fleeing after defeat

The Deity of Smallpox at Tong Guan

Collapse of Wenhuang Formation

Breaking the Zhuxian Formation

The Occupation of Sishui Guan

Han Rong

Kong Xuan

Yin Jiao's Revolt

Ma Yuan Assists Yin Hong

barrack gate

Confronting the Destructive Forces

Nangong Kuo (Western Zhou)

Zhang Kui

The Ill-Fortunes of the Grand Dukes

Daji Enters the Palace

temple for god's spirit

imperial honoured consort

stiff hexagonal hat

cape

long-stemmed Chinese pipe

starting to bloom (flower)

antlers

playing (animals)

peddler

kneeling down and stretching both arms to the ground with the head touching the feet of the venerable

Kings of Hell

imaginary vehicle drawn by animal

leading a water buffalo by a rope tied through its nose ring

enjoying the sight of something

vendor

reconnaissance

being separate from someone

waiting

triumphant return

Fire Attack on Panlong Ling

Yang Ren

Four Generals in Captivity at Chuanyun Guan

Guangchengzi at the Biyou Gong

Zhunti Daoren

Wu Ji

Yin Hong Meets His Doom

The Deity of Epidemics is Defeated

King Wu in the Red Sand Trap

Jinzha

Bactrian camel

ox cart

sea of clouds

carter

sedan chair

bamboo tip

Mending the Big Jar (Anonymous)

viewing terrace with a building

pair of cranes

tenth month of the lunar year

immortal crane

bamboo fish hamper

wharf

flower trellis

mountain with a rounded summit

wild bird

hanging scroll

making an arrest

zodiacal animal

monkey

alms-bowl

cloak woven of rush or straw

watching a chess game

potter

canopy of a vehicle

bowl

shop sign

harness

royal ease

midway up a mountain

rose

descending (animal)

magic weapon

pleasure

giving something to someone

crying

announcing an imperial decree

King Wu Creates the States

The Tyrant's Last Struggle

assault

Cutting Open the Bellies of Pregnant Women

Crossing the Yellow River

The Fall of Generals and Princes

Huang Feihu Defeated at Qinglong Guan

The Offensive on Three Routes

Subjugation of Kong Xuan

Trouble at Jinji Ling

Deng Jiugong Attacks Xiqi

The Yellow River Formation

The Death of Zhao Gongming

Breaking the Golden Light Trap

Jiang Ziya Freezes Qi Shan

Ziya Tackles Four Supeior Men

Return of the Grand Old Master

Gifts to the King

Bi Gan

Reincarnation with Lotus Flowers

The Birth of Nezha

killing by shooting

uṣṇīṣa

cargo transport (waterway)

broom

female immortal

qian-kun ring

auspicious omen

cotton bag

playing a cross flute

egret

shoal

white lotus flower

mountains and rivers

weighing steelyard

hare

Pipa

Chinese flowering crabapple

farewell

stove and furnace (crafts and industries)

fine horse

rudder

purification ceremony

occupying oneself with tea

Chinese mahogany

nirmāna-buddha

Occupation of Youhun Guan

Death of Tuxing Sun and His Wife

Transformation into Three Purities

Boyi and Shuqi Stop the Army

Hong Jin

Yin Jiao's Head Hoed Off

Zhang Shan in Xiqi

Surrender of the Bandit Chiefs

Grand Tutor Attacks Xiqi

Jiang Ziya Visits Kunlun Shan

Yu Hua

Incidents Leading to a Rebellion

remonstrating with the emperor

San Yisheng Bribes the Corrupt Courtiers

Boyi Kao

Flight to Pan Xi

Combat Between Two Fairies

The Prime Minister's Death

Five-Coloured Magic Ox

bird wings

reed wind instrument of vertical pipes

exemplary woman

magpie

Jiajia Lou (Anonymous)

The Yangping Pass (Anonymous)

great white crane

imperial pond

symbolic hand gesture

bodhisattva

clappers

audience with the sovereign

gate of the pass

mountain pass

flat bridge

peacock

decorative coral

worshipping Buddha

auspicious beast

daisy

Lan Ting

spring ablutions at the Orchid Pavilion

yoke

green willow

firecrackers

rice

fifth month of the lunar year

jewelled crown of buddha

condemning

coin

The Tyrant Ends His Own Life

The Tyrant's Ten Crimes

Jiang Wenhuan

Hu Ximei

At Wanxian Formation

Fire Blaze All Over Xiqi City

Tuxing Sun Poses a Threat

Grand Tutor Wen's Death

Grand Tutor Wen's Disastrous Defeat

Muzha

The Battle at Sishui Guan

Daji Plots Revenge

Burning the Jade Lute Specter

Shang Rong

The Burning Pillar Torture

Yunzhongzi

relief

crossbow

playing a vertical bamboo flute

halo

furnace (kitchen utensil)

historic site

golden pheasant

loom

torrent

interior (house)

deep pool

Amitābha

hunting

Wang Xizhi

shop banner

plough

curtain wall

wild duck

brush rest

club

character 'shou' motif

welcoming spring

Topiary

flowers of four seasons

imperial horse

instrumental ensemble

earring

flower roundel

Western-style multi-storied building

great peace

floating cloud

Chibi

hollyhock

luxuriance

herd of deer

gong

merchant

executioner

decapitation of a criminal

Chong Houhu

Yuan Hong

The Subjugation of Shen Shu and Yu Lu

leaping (animal)

Hong Jin Attacks Xiqi

Grand Tutor Wen Suffers Defeat

First Disaster within the Western Foothills

Good and Bad Fortune of Huang Feihu

Clash between Two Grand Dukes

Punitive Expedition against the North Grand Dukedom

From Fisherman to Prime Minister

The Discovery of Thunderbolt

killing by stabbing

foodstuff

stars

sleep (Human Being)

gesture of meditation

katydid

garrison watchtower

map

qilin

trousers (stage costume)

felt hat

first month of the lunar year

heavenly bamboo

Shakyamuni Buddha

ploughing

white mulberry tree

withering and falling (leaf)

stopping the seven-stringed zither

mandarin duck

pavilion

hawk

drunkenness

dusk

Daoist monastery

criminal

containers (house)

an undergarment covering the chest and abdomen

hammer

implement (Daoism)

wind and rain

clearing sky after rain or snow

quartermaster

large army flag

Hongniang

sluice

fortification

drinking at the purification ceremony

lithophone

moon gate

lighting firecrackers

long life (plant)

lesser duckweed

male silkworm raiser

store

common plantain

wrestling (animal)

human body with three heads and six arms

Chen Wu

memorial to the throne

Su Quanzhong

Daji Is Captured

Chao Tian

Flight and Pursuit

Deer Terrace

Dream of a Flying Bear

Return of the Duke

Zhaixing Lou

Jiang Ziya Leaves Kunlun Shan

riding a dragon (achieving immortality)

bell

prince's feather

China aster

son

four triangular flags worn on the back of the shoulder

archer's uniform (stage costume)

China pink

wintersweet

magnolia

ring-necked pheasant

silkworm

resting (Human Being)

green liverworts and mosses

King Tang of Shang

fine weather

wide-open house

wild geese flying in lines

incense box

iron whip

treasure

battle axe

monk's staff

inkstick

armrest

vanguard brigade

Cui Yingying

Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Poems (Wang Xizhi)

frame of the main motif

equipment (textile industry)

administration

offerings

ladle

pail (agricultural implements)

death (human life)

stall vendor

riding a qilin

battlefield

command

Ma Yuan

military affairs

Surrender of Two Generals

Banquet for Specters in the Palace

Yin Pobai

Taiyi Zhenren

King Zhou of Shang Making a Pilgrimage to the Temple of Goddess Nu Wa

cereal

animal (myth)

looking into the distance from a high vantage point

basket of flowers

pigweed walking stick

cleaning

lily

peach of immortality

offering sacrifices to god

stone stele

belt plaque

court girdle

summer clothes

peacock feathers on an official hat

Mansion of the Overlord (Anonymous)

three-tuft beard

dragonfly and damselfly

lily magnolia

tripod and furnace for coagulation of the elixir

decorated archway

ravine

bird cage

myna bird

hanging upside down (plant)

selling goods

sparrow

Japanese morning glory

lying (plant)

frost

dense forest

Chinese fir

gesture of generosity

fan-shaped whisk

cranes and rails (general)

layers of screen-shaped mountains

old fisherman

white horse

pail (kitchen utensil)

Daoist deity

Chang Jiang

boating at night

music performed at the orderly return of triumphant troops or the imperial return to the palace

altar of the First Farmer

tea plantation

Zhang Junrui

shoes and socks

interlocking peonies

peach

facial ornament

casement

eighth month of the lunar year

seventh month of the lunar year

common crape-myrtle

football

young bamboo

spray

wild blossoms

herdsman

flying upward (bird)

battle formation

letter

persuading

Celestial Worthy of Outstanding Culture

Yu Yuan

Chen Qi

Princess Longji

Surrender of Tuxing Sun

Tiger with Dragon-Whiskers

freeze

You Hun

Meeting between Father and Son

Xiqi

The Serpent Pit

A Vain Attempt by Yunzhongzi

The Fox Sprite Murders Daji

bed

tortoise

bridge kiosk

newborn animal

sound of pine trees

vegetables

pair of butterflies

bamboo curtain

mirror

red flower

common quail

official's gauze hat

hand towel

mouth-covering bushy bread

combing pinions (bird)

Li Tieguai

Huang Shan

cape jasmine

bridge shelter

gorge

decorated window

distant sail

driving a vehicle

peddler's goods carried on shoulder pole

Lü Dongbin

tavern

official procession

picking mulberry leaves

square-shaped fishing net

son and daughter

large shoreside rock

small bird

grape vine

enjoying the moonlight

sweet gum

cycle of rebirth

shackles

pair of deer

white elephant

wading

learning from a teacher

unrolling a scroll

commander-general

empress or empress dowager's procession

rare vase (Eight Auspicious Symbols)

sutra story

Former Rhapsody on the Red Cliff

equipment (official procession)

painting a picture

hornless dragon

handsome dog

fire pan

square-shaped deep basket

performer (acrobatics)

hall for worshipping Buddha

diseased leaf

pair of swallows

duck (general)

yurt

raw silk

scissors

Rhapsody on the Red Cliff (Su Shi)

blue-green peach tree

ear of grain

ancient cypress

turtle dove

thread (clothes and accessories industry)

general

dining with the emperor

painting

sadness

fox

firearms

falling (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

Jieyin Daoren

Yunxiao

running away (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

surrender

broad battle axe

fish

holding a flower in one hand

new moon

shoal

cracked ice motif

palace lantern

Tiger with Rouge (Anonymous)

old man (role in a play)

formal dress worn by an official

filigree headdress

neck ring

Huang He

leisure activity

Buddha's hand citron

God of Thunder

dragon boat

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

delivering food

swan goose

parents

entertainment and recreation

pear

fragrance

squirrel

countryside around a city

gate (garden)

instruments of torture

lone crane

washing one's feet

drawing water

Buddhist assembly

explanation of dharma

small water pot

Twelve Philosophers

Confucius Temple

cap worn at a religious rite

rattan-shield brigade

doctrine (Buddhism)

seal script

flower-shaped frame for the main motif

hunter

simurgh and phoenix

weeping willow

soybean flower

ladder

beating a gong

ninth month of the lunar year

eyes closed

swallow

hoisting sails

pannier

hunting equipment

peeping (animal)

two children

gesture of protection

Buddhist donor

gathered immortals

Huang Gun

friend

public notice

giving a farewell dinner

entertaining (a guest)

father and son

besieging

Worthy Lady Wang

Deng Kun

Ju Liusun

Xin Huan

Feng Lin

Chao Lei

Flight through the Five Passes

committing suicide

Queen Jiang

unipede

creature with a human head and a beast body

Jizi

Nüwa (legend)

elephant

Yu (chuan shuo)

dancer

eight trigrams

divine tortoise

bamboo walking stick

needle (clothes and accessories industry)

posture of relaxation

ferry

uncovered well

birthday peach

Queen Mother of the West

round-shaped four-stringed lute

pestle and mortar

sedan-chair bearer

granary

Plain Yellow Banner

empress

second rank (civil official)

goat

formal robe (stage costume)

commoner's jacket

distant waterside

three-colored amaranth

wine-drinking utensil

crab

Zhang Guolao

mantis

tent

holding the brush

container for cut flowers

riding on a crane

dharma protector

Guanyin the Bringer of Sons

Bodhidharma

medicines

cooking utensil

reciting a poem

farm work

dawn

litchi

stall

desert

Dragon Boat Festival (fifth day of the fifth lunar month)

picking (animal)

mulberry leaves

herbaceous peony

bamboo grove and brook

villa

first rank (civil official)

shade of a pine tree

withering and falling (flower)

gibbon and lesser ape

waiting for the ferry

setting sun

sparse forest

mouse and rat

water bottle

spike club

incense burner with a handle

blue crown passion flower

enjoying the sight of flowers

album

netting

lotus posture

lieutenant of guardsmen

lieutenant of vanguards

small rooms to the sides of the main hall (Confucius Temple)

imperial consort's procession

Bordered Yellow Banner

Bordered Blue Banner

imperial field headquarters

tea farmer

twelve symbols

government office

feather

cooking

sericultural ceremony of the empress

altar of the First Sericulturist

long rectangular bag hung from the shoulder

shovel

cymbals

king orange

begonia

shrimp

Asian persimmon

holding the rudder

green bamboo

Sanskrit manuscript

fountain

Ji Dan

riding a deer

making offerings to the banner

Lunar New Year's Day

public discussion

burning incense or joss sticks

tomb

seat

palace maid

divination

husband and wife

imperial ancestral temple

receiving the emperor's decree

singing

Wumen

Han Sheng

Luo Xuan

Tai Luan

Huang Tianxiang

Jade Qilin

Zhang Guifang

Perfected Lord of Qingxu Daode

dream

Fang Bi

creature with a human head and a bird body

long narrow banner attached to a spearhead pole (official procession)

Mount Penglai

bird

corpse

shield

weal and woe

collecting medicinal herbs

holding a peach in both hands

pillow

thanking by salute

flock of cranes

grindstone

insect

deity (myth)

reflection of the moon in the water

coat

leopard

seventh rank (civil official)

tribute paid by a vassal state

Temple of the Bala Gods (Anonymous)

buddha

Lantern Festival (fifteenth day of the first lunar month)

blossoms in autumn

well

guest

incense shovel

twin pine trees

mountain dwelling

literary name

thin mist

beautiful woman

city

parrot

washing bowl

house (general)

playing a pipa

female musician

vajra weapon with one prong at each end

long-handled battle axe

angling (leisure)

recluse

consort-in-ordinary

sovereign's procession to the temple of Heaven

Bordered Red Banner

regimental commander

Plain Blue Banner

skullcap

fossil

clerical script

Tai Hu rock

Li Bai

chest

bedmat

quarry

Wheel of the Law

The Cauldron

stove (heating appliance)

oil lamp

cocoon

sliding steelyard weight

climbing (movement, posture, and gesture of human body)

sieve

seed plants

rake

ridgepole and main-beams

elegant gathering in the Western Garden

water chestnut

group of ducks

common cockscomb

third month of the lunar year

imperial tent

small bamboo

blowing on a fire

poplar

high mountain with a rounded summit

Chinese scholar tree

imaginary traffic

tall tree

wagtail

dragon-boat regatta

rivers and mountains

kingfisher

clearing sky after snow

Mother Fiery Spirit

Xiaotian Dog

Qin Wan

setting on fire

Four Generals of Mo Family

true form

Consort Huang

setting free

Apricot-Yellow Flag

Wu Wenhua

throwing a stone with a hand to hit enemy

Jiang Xiong

Cui Ying

Rui Ji

Ma Shan

Yao Bin

Deng Zhong

Wang Mo

Zhou Ji

Zhaoge

white gibbon

carrying a sedan chair

Yi Yin

hunting dog

Mount Kunlun

strange snake

winged dragon

dance prop

playing a reed wind instrument of vertical pipes

leaning on a rock

Mahākāśyapa

picking (crops)

red wall

chimney

cock

plant

talismans and registers (Daoism)

father

wide-open window

col

Plain White Banner

sleeping (animal)

ninth rank (civil official)

eighth rank (civil official)

third rank (civil official)

flag of command

martial clown

square-cornered headkerchief

emanation body of a buddha

cloud collar

handlebar moustache

kite

official who has rendered outstanding service

imperial family

bamboo shoot

mountain climbing

blossoms in spring

kiosk in the middle of water

opium poppy

coagulation of the elixir

blossoms in winter

Latter Rhapsody on the Red Cliff

yak-tail or ox-tail banner

dense cloud

marriage

loquat

puppet

drinking (anima)

knocking on the door

fleshy fruit

literary gathering

natural rock bridge

wine

jue wine vessel

tea utensil

Japanese plum

lotus root

Bodhisattva of Wisdom

wonder-working pearl (Seven Treasures)

short rest (Human Being)

Subduer of Tigers

pier

feeding (among animals)

bird's nest

holding a lantern

round silk fan

Zhong Kui

chisel

God of War

white hare

residence by the water

incense utensil

enjoying the landscape

civil dancer

martial dancer

honoured consort

vice commander-in-chief

Bordered White Banner

vajra posture

tea leaf

cloth wrapper motif

Dragon Maiden

woodcutter's axe

writing on a rock

manufacture (hemp or ramie fabric)

musician

beasts

coiled peach (peach of immortality)

dandelion

long-lasting spring

Chinese early cherry

virtuous official

Buddha of the Future

tailor

spooling reel

spindle wheel

incense stick

spring festival couplets

St. John's wort

sacrificial offerings (popular religion)

kitchen

cooking pot, wok, wok, pan, boiler

deep blue-green mountain with a road along the ridge

sixth month of the lunar year

silk-reeling frame

being hit by an arrow

household duty

listen to the seven-stringed zither

fragrant plantain lily

Eighteen Scholars (Zhenguan)

rosy clouds

strange peak

green pine tree

fourth month of the lunar year

oriole

Eight Classes of Nonhuman Beings

Yu Hualong

tumbling (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

Five-Rays-of-Light Stone

feigning defeat

animal (literary works)

field headquarters

posing a decapitated head to public view

prince

disappearing into the earth and become invisible

magic arts

Woman Ma

Dragon King of the East Sea

Ao Guang

inspection of a military drill

pennant for calling back the spirit of the dead

foxtail millet

Dou Rong

Gao Jue

Gao Ming

Wen Pin

Ten-Thousand-Immortal Formation

Xu Fang

Gao Jineng

tent used as military barracks

Qiongxiao

Qishan

Lu Xiong

Lei Kai

heated bronze pillar

civil engineering

rhinoceros

eating utensil

Rushou

Shun (legend)

bedroom article and furniture

Goddess of the Luo River

Qi of Xia

ritual objects

Taiji

eyebrow (human face)

liver

kidney

small intestine

stomach

spleen

large intestine

axe

bamboo percussion instrument used to accompany chanting of folk tales

Han Xiangzi

thread-bound book

Ānanda

slanting bamboo

running stream winding swiftly with steep banks

needlework

high peak into clouds

eighteen arhats

Yao Pond

sparse branches of a plant

tall pagoda

reaping

waiting to be fed (animal)

spectacles

horse-mane hat

travelling coat

man with heavily painted face (role in a play)

sleeveless upper garment

headband (stage costume)

woman warrior (role in a play)

bookcase

stalactite

Chinese wisteria

Zhongli Quan

pasturing horses

simurgh

low-saturation blue-green pine tree

cangue

orchid (general)

theatre stage

China rose

countryside tavern

auspicious lotus

trophy flag

enjoying plum blossoms

The Return: A Rhapsody (Tao Qian)

wayside kiosk

eggplant

pair of domestic ducks

cicada

viewing lotus flowers

mountain cottage

midnight

crow

informal dress

Yao

wild goose (general)

Subduer of Dragons

migratory bird

lamb

lone peak

aquatic bird

thatched pavilion

winding pine tree

strolling

horticulture

Sutra-holding Guanyin

tortoise-shell motif

pair of golden fish (Eight Auspicious Symbols)

Plain Red Banner

coiled-dragon coat

female tea farmer

Chinese tea plant

endless knot (Eight Auspicious Symbols)

plants (in general)

bow-string motif

vase-shaped frame for the main motif

Yao's Yellow peony

God of Good Fortune

God of Emolument

Nagasaki

storehouse

kitchen knife

Confucius

pod of beans

flock of magpies

calf (water buffalo)

animal (sacrificial offerings)

dou stemmed cup for offerings of food

blue-green peak

orchid and glossy fungus

kite flying

bottle gourd

wheat field

presenting offerings

belt end

rosy clouds at dawn

Eight Auspicious Symbols

porcelain

ruler

dress and personal adornment

thread throwing

sickle

pair of magpies

Rhododendron

picking lotus seedpods

pair of phoenixes

thanking gods by offering sacrifices

flying apsaras

watching a play

Wang Wei

second month of the lunar year

festive lantern

twelfth month of the lunar year

viewing clouds

cricket

hanging (plant)

mule

sacrificial offerings

floss for embroidery

cutting fabric

playing a round-shaped four-stringed lute

arrow head

myrtle flag

deep blue-green bamboo

tit

fishing equipment

small chest

gathering of birds

Lu Shan

ancient pine tree

swinging (animal)

Chinese bulbul

masked hawfinch

Fei Lian

imaginary light

Wei Ben

commander's terrace

Feather-Winged Immortal

Farmer God (legend)

Fantian Seal

Huanglong Zhenren

Zhao Jiang

brother

defeat

Madame Jia

vegetable vendor

gift

Zhang Feng

Song Yiren

White Crane Boy

Jiang Huan

Chong Yingbiao

raiding the enemy camp

prostrating and reporting to the throne

inscribing a poem

Lu Renjie

Gao Lanying

Bian Ji

Puxian Zhenren

Cihang Daoren

human body with three heads and eight arms

Long Anji

Han Bian

Qiu Yin

Mother Turtle Spirit

Duobao Daoren

Boyi

Shuqi

Zhang Shan

Zhou Xin

Mother Golden Light

Tao Rong

suanni

Chen Tong

Tong Guan

Huang Ming

regional commander

divination by the eight trigrams

Fang Xiang

war

heavenly deities

dark-striped white tiger

nine-tail fox

xingxing

Hairy people

One-Eyed people

Three-Bodies people

Shebi

Meibo

Hou Yi

torch dragon

panpipes

Ehuang

Nüying

forehead

space between the eyebrows

energy channels and collaterals (human)

front (human body)

patched clothing

searching for the mushrooms of immortality

He Xiangu

immortal elder

golden toad

Liu Haichan

Dongfang Shuo

Yellow Emperor

Celestial Worthy of the Way and Its Virtue of Great Clarity

staff decorated with tassels as a diplomatic credential

legendary dragon-fish

dou

kneeling with hams on heels

Mahāsiddha

green tree

hairpin

listen (to music)

blackberry lily

eighteen-bead bracelet

calligraphy

private academy of classical learning

irrigation

square-pallet chain-pump

path (countryside)

moonlight

Jiangnan

legendary sea horse

silk weaving

short straight beard

vivacious female (role in a play)

official robe embroidered with gold designs (stage costume)

clown (role in a play)

raft

distant islet

cultivating a peaceful mind

poetic inspiration

planting and cultivation

relieving summer heat

road

pak choi

plain

enjoying paintings

fresh wind

pot marigold

cassia twig

lone sail

empress dowager

windowed veranda

reading the Buddhist scripture

three gibbons

pecking (bird)

resting by water (water bird)

guesthouse

wash basin

shooting in a hunt

woman worker

domestic goose

roof iris

wild chrysanthemum

red lotus flower

deer, elk, moose, and caribou

apsaras

Fuxi (legend)

terrace of the elixir

Sixteen Arhats

tending sheep

red crow

grelot

palace inhabited by immortals

vegetable garden, orchard and plantation

Sima Guang

Peach Blossom Spring (Tao Qian)

beast skin

Emperor Gaozong of Qing

rising sun

countryside residence

swing frame

embroidery

acupuncture point (human body)

Haiyan Tang

gui pannier for offerings of grains

fu dish for offerings of grains

xing cauldron for offerings of food

provincial governor

governor-general

commander-in-chief

music performed at the sericultural ceremony of the empress

music performed at the sacrificial rite and other major state occasions

dance performed at the sacrificial rite and a major state occasion

round shallow basket

weighing goods

Playing the Zither to Dissipate Sorrow

Covert Eight Immortals

pair of castanets

ruyi motif

fruit-shaped frame for the main motif

pine tree (general)

The tender stamens are covered with golden power; The layered petals produce embroidered pouches

regular script

prince's residence

Jin Shan

taxation

smoking paraphernalia

Three Star Gods

performer (folk vocal art forms)

head (movement, posture, and gesture of the human body)

woodcutting

sacrifice to ancestors

bandit

Lord of the Wind

reading at night

Wang Huizhi

preaching mudrā

severe cold air

small plate

grain transport by water to the capital

various blossoms

Great Cloud Sutra

lotus seeds

cucumber family

pomegranate seeds

beast clenching a ring

jujube

hall

pair of chickens

bathing water buffaloes

rugosa rose

goat-fur clothing

high terrace (house type)

parked vehicle

good health, emolument, and happiness

food stall

pointing into the distance

low-saturation blue-green cliff

bathtub

gaily painted pleasure boat

itinerant doctor

layers of clouds

beggar

reeling

threshing grain

stockings

vehicle (toy)

chopsticks

Lunar New Year's Festival

dayflower

beefsteak geranium

acrobatics

double-reeded horn

huge peak

common carp

ritual precinct

sutra tent

sericulture

Chinese matrimony vine

Emperor Xuanzong of Ming

viewing a spring

French hydrangea

morning

articles for pet animals

withered trunk

unreined horse

fishing in seclusion

returning from herding

thrush

facing a brook

Bai Jian

Fengshen Tai

E Lai

Hong Jun

Immortal-Punishing Formation

Hu Sheng

collecting land tax

centipede

shouting

Five-Spiritual-Fire Fan

student

Cao Bao

Yuding Zhenren

Wang Bian

Dong Quan

Four Sages of Nine-Dragon Island

deity (popular religion)

attending a banquet as an attendant

Pan Xi

food and drink

Liu Qian

fortune-teller's office

imploring

fright

invitation

character (literary works)

archery test

Jiang Huanchu

gale

retiring from the emperor's audience

imperial decree

Wu Long

Jin Dasheng

pregnant woman

imperial boat

Wei Hu

Celestial Worthy of Numinous Treasure of Highest Clarity

Kui-Ox

stealing

Qiushou Xian

Li Qi

Zhu Tianlin

Yang Wenhui

Bixiao

Han Dulong

Xin Jia

Mo Liqing

Primeval-Chaos Umbrella

relay station (in the postal or courier system)

Temple of Nuwa

yellow bird

Ape-Strength

winged heavenly horse

ant

hanging oneself

meat

chieftain

Wang Hai (legend)

tortoise and turtle

Gonggong

Nü Qi

Lord of the River

right cheek bone

eye (human face)

left cheek bone

root of mountain

lung

back (human body)

bladder

Sun Simiao

pondering over a move in the game of chess

flood dragon

Lan Caihe

Liu Haichan sporting with the toad

Pengzu

raising the hands to the head in making obeisance

stretching out one's hand

town

water-powered trip-hammer

spring swallow

practising Daoism

wind bell

Mid-Autumn Festival (fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month)

scenery

paddy field

well sweep

waterwheel paddling

mountain inhabited by immortals

cavalryman

festival celebration

bear

first rank (military official)

sixth rank (civil official)

leopard-skin armour

filigree flowers placed in hair

high mountain top with a road along the ridge

flying corridor

angling while sitting

idle talk

clear spring

blossoms in summer

bridge under a willow tree

Dongting Hu

wolf

riding on a simurgh

sitting quietly

dark shade of a plant

deep blue green

continuous downpour

Attained-great-power Bodhisattva

narcissus shrubs

asking the Way

Khitan (Liao)

Yueyang Lou

rising up in the sky (achieving immortality)

azure-winged magpie

bifurcating branches

hunter on horseback

cricket fight

spring wind

radish

drinking sitting face to face

nobility

scarab

ladybug

mosquito

sunlight at sunset

mountain with a sharp peak

high-storied building

after rain

two peaks

thistles and thorns

paradise flycatcher

ancestral portrait

Daoist priest

discussing the Way

bird pole

climbing a tree

The Fisherman

ghost, the returning spirit of the dead person

si (Earthly Branches)

mao (Earthly Branches)

you (Earthly Branches)

chou (Earthly Branches)

yin (Earthly Branches)

zi (Earthly Branches)

xu (Earthly Branches)

hai (Earthly Branches)

wu (Earthly Branches)

shen (Earthly Branches)

chen (Earthly Branches)

wei (Earthly Branches)

spirit tablet

vajra bell

Perfected Lord of Zhenwu

whisp of smoke

eminent monk

village by the water

woods and spring

moving one's residence

searching for plum blossoms

Han Palaces

mullein pink

Xianfa Shan

earl

duke

marquis

defender general of the state

zun goblet for offerings of wine

zu meat tray for offerings of meat

round fei bamboo basket for offerings of food

bamboo bowl for offerings of food

prince by blood

student in the county school

provincial military commander

large flag at the outer gate of the imperial field headquarters

scouting brigade

turban with spreading wings

carpenter's plane

drill

shoemaker

thin bamboo strips

packing goods

Occident

indigenous people

unloading goods

floating brothel

prostitute

mandarin's boat

Climbing over Wall at Night

Farewell Pains in Autumn Nightfall

Plea in the Hall

Madame Cui

cursive script

pearl-chain motif

green peony

agriculture ceremony of the emperor

performer (opera)

dispatching goods

pheasant-feather dance prop

Fu Bi

law

Fang Xuanling

encounter with Avalokitêśvara Bodhisattva

purchasing goods

computing with rods

Min Sun

sculpture

cross-legged posture

striking lithophone

Zeng Shen

Su Wu

disciple of the Buddha

shades of deep blue green

field where the mushrooms of immortality are grown

shallow waters

constructing the altar

fresh fleshy fruit

spring rain

banding over one's desk

bitter citron

ripened dates

katydid

aquatic animal

calmness (animal)

Daoist immortal land

wheat

tea rose

silk tree

broad-leaved lilac

drawing in its wings about to come to rest (bird)

returning wild goose

cock's comb

strange sea animal

cow (water buffalo)

Chinese chestnut

horse herd

coiled dragon

holding a broom

holding a spear

Daoism and Buddhism

blind person

Chinese trumpet creeper

open-seat pants for children

red peach flower

lone kiosk

broken bridge

gathering of boats

snail

distant island

omoto nippon lily

Kashi

cylindrical banner (official procession)

forbidden city

Zhang Liang

resigning from office

fort

grass family

vegetable garden

great-peace hand drum

holding a wine cup

boating in the moonlight

harvest

maturation (grain)

tree cotton

picking vegetables

saw

ointment

Shide

bamboo raft

paperweight

Universal-virtue Bodhisattva

tailoring

dying silk

warp preparation

fire-blowing pipe

transferring mature silkworms (rearing silkworms)

putting into the granary

pounding grains with mortar and pestle

flail

sowing

roller harrow

clouds and pine trees

pine trees and clouds

appearance of an auspicious omen

abacus

whipping at the beginning of spring

emerald-blue pondweed

brilliant campion

showy bleeding heart

tools (clothes and accessories industry)

corn poppy

drizzle

water-powered machine

Taiye Chi (Sanhai)

Jin'ao Yüdong

Sanskrit

eminent person

about to rain

eleventh month of the lunar year

height ascendance

inverted reflection in water

ice

watermelon

low-saturation blue-green shoreside rock

fragrant citrus

rain of the night before

white domestic goose

Arabian jasmine

rosy clouds at dusk

snapped bamboo twig

Liangfeng Chayun

embroidery stretcher

Fuchun Shan

victory banner (Eight Auspicious Symbols)

withered lotus

Caotang

viewing a body of water

white hawk

shrike

layers of ravines

slender bamboo

light snow

potted pine tree

alchemical practice (Daoism)

rolling on the ground (animal)

tasting and judging tea

conch shell (Eight Auspicious Symbols)

Mount Yingzhou

white peony

gauze-covered window

feeding a water buffalo

Xie An

spring excursion

Japanese waxwing

viewing a stream

Yanling Diaotai

distant mountain with caves

high cliff

hands on top of each other in lotus position

grinding tea leaves

Symplocos sumuntia

deep distance

red-billed leiothrix

wealth and honour

Four World Guardians

Zhu Sheng

Dong Zhong

Guo Chen

Madame Chedi

wild boar

Yin Chengxiu

Ouyang Chun

Wang Bao

magic power

five colours

Pure Land

mythical birds (Eight Classes of Nonhuman Beings)

elixir

waking up

blue-green simurgh

Three Madames

Yuan Jiao

Sun Liang

timber

Chen Wu

Fire-Dragon Javelin

throwing

imperial hunting

imperial inspection tour

writing a letter

common people (capital)

skull

Jiao Ge

hubbub

bamboo strainer

Gold Pagoda

receiving spirit messages

thundering

divination by copper cash

corporal punishment

thunder

Zhao Qi

staying overnight (Human Being)

drill ground

making a present of something

interrogation

instructing

road-side kiosk

side apartment

Du Yuanxi

Shouxian Gong

greeting

official (local government)

army provisions

praying for rain

Yang Xian

Chang Hao

Zhu Zizhen

magic needles

Mother Golden Spirit

Jinguang Xian

Wuyun Xian

Huangjin Warrior

Five-Dragon Wheel

Pang Hong

Yin and Yang Mirrior

Pestilence Formation

Zhang Shao

Xu E'hu

Zhang Jie

Gao Youqian

Li Xingba

escorting criminals or captives

Wei Shui

wife of a high official

serpent pit

pond of wine, forest of meat

washing one's hands, face and feet

Jizhou (Nine Prefectures)

making a pilgrimage

Quanrong

chasing after

Zhurong

mottled fish

common cuckoo

hill-fish

ba-snake

three-legged turtle (Yangkuang Shui)

flying fish (Zhenghui Shui)

transformed-snake

chiming-snake

enjoy-abundance (Zitong Shui)

bo-fish

gege-fish

pearl-turtle

tiaorong

Chinese giant salamander

feiyi-snake (Hunxi Shan)

zhi-fish

zao-fish

long-snake

xixi-fish

heluo-fish

shu-fish

rupi-fish

ranyi-fish

hua-fish (Tao Shui)

mottled flying-fish

feiyi-snake

red ru-fish

liu-fish

twisting-turtle (Guai Shui)

chu-bird

tiptoe-bird

di-bird

zi-rat

suanyü-bird

ben-bird

raucous-bird

banmao-bird

fearful-bird

dwelling-bird

bird (Yanzi Shan)

yiyü-bird (Yiwang Shan)

chi-bird

bifang-bird

manmani-bird (Chongwu Shan)

fuxi-bird

lei-bird

tuofei-bird

yü-bird

juru-bird

zhu-bird

changfu-bird

chuti

yellow-steed

bingfeng

jie

horse-belly

fei-beast

youyou

longzhi

bibi

vermillion-ru

congcong

pi

yuan

dongdong

flying squirrel

hui

paoxiao

bo-horse

zhuhuai

mountain-hui

zhujian

huanshu

bo (Zhongqu Shan)

manman (Luo Shui)

huan

aoyin

celestial-dog

zheng

tulou

lifter

yingru

Old World porcupines

conglong

xian-antelope

poison-eagle

huan

zhi-pig

huahuai

changyou

boshi

lei

lushu

Dingling people

Three-Faced people

One-Arm people

Midgets

creature with a human head and fish body

Di people

Xiaoyang people

Ears-Holding people

Flexible people

Long-Thighs people

Single-Arm people

Long-Arms people

Tricephalous people

human face with three heads

Crossed-Shins people

Perforated-Chests people

Fire-Gluttons people

Huantou people

Feathered people

Strong-and-Good

Nine-Headed Feng-Bird

Wei

Tianwu

Minister Liu

shield-shaped dance prop

axe-shaped dance prop

Xingtian

jimeng

encircling-alligator

proud-bug

peaceful-encounter

chui-spirit

dijiang

luwu

yingshao

drum (Zhong Shan)

Hou Ji

Duke Huan of Qi

white fish

joining forces

fragrant plant

God of Rain

Hou Yi shooting the ten suns

Never-Dying people

Yu controlling the flood

Gun (legend)

Lord of the Clouds

Lord of Heaven

diviner

facial mole

superior life

ear (human face)

greater yang (Six Scintillances, areas of human face)

nose (human face)

chin (human face)

hand

profile (human body)

bone standard (human body)

gallbladder

heart

looking down at

Pei Hang

Tao Hongjing

Cao Guojiu

diagram of the universe

creature of mixed human and animal shape

Fei Changfang

Li Babai

Chisongzi

God of Literature

Vasiasita

two sailboats

rocky mountain ravine

watching wild geese

hen

sound of mountain springs

listening to the sound of wind moving through pine trees

green forest

fly

frog

fishing bay

land snail

ceremonial umbrella (Eight Auspicious Symbols)

blue-green cliff face

Ban Zhao

hair (human head)

refining the elixir on furnace or tripod

Magu

Weaving Maid

Siberian elm

ginkgo

visiting a famous scenic spot

domestic fowl

dikes and dams

gigantic screen-shaped mountain

other side of the river

shade of a plantain tree

relationship between parents and children (animal)

bartender

three-pronged ranseur

fox tail (stage costume)

pheasant tailfeathers (stage costume)

headdress (stage costume)

Xiao Yi

Xiao Yi acquiring the Orchid Pavilion Preface by deception

Biancai

open countryside

Wang Chuan

looking alone into the distance from a high vantage point

library building

lone tree

ray of sunrise or sunset light

Sudi Chunxiao

Emperor Shizu of Yuan

travelling palace

estuary

peacock-feather holder on an official hat

mule caravan

parental care of bird

layers of waterfalls

Zhuge Liang

Chuihong Qiao

sad mood upon departure

long embankment

toad

horizontal mist band

bamboo fence covered with snow

enchantress

cloth weaving

countryside

winter jasmine

gu wine vessel

street

canal

Tiantai Shan

library pavilion

empty mountain

Jinming Pond

incense smoke

level distance

white flower

returning from fishing

mountain (general)

passerine (general)

sundry goods

emolument

In the Seventh Month

playing with a baby

bathing a baby

hitching post

forked pole

two horses

Western Regions

Daoist immortal (general)

praying for artistry

Double Seventh Festival (seventh evening of the seventh lunar month)

stone pond

Gu Shan

bush

swamp orchid

sweet-scented oleander

silkworm moth

White Robe Guanyin

facing the moon

ancient road

ancient bifurcating branches

two parallel cliffs

horizontal cloud band

flag of a commander-in-chief

Emperor Gaozong of Song

Emperor Taizu of Song

leg chain

snow cloak made from straw or rush

periodic market

Bai Juyi

six realms of rebirth

mirror of deeds

Star Lord of Mars

Star Lord of Saturn

Star Lord of Venus

Star Lord of Mercury

Star Lord of Jupiter

trident

crescent single-edged sword

Jade Sovereign

returning swan goose

distant waters

flatiron

hairdressing

spring ravine

Xu Xun

nine-stem glossy fungus

ancient plum blossom

Xunyang Jiang

The Lute Song (Bai Juyi)

game

swing

aviculture

mooring in open countryside

toggle

motif frame in the shape of the character 'ya'

character 'shi' motif

severe austerities

Wenchang asterism

gesture of touching the earth

wall painting

Yangquelong

Wanhuazhen

chief executive official in a princely establishment

imperial procession guard

baron

viscount

Beile

deng vessel for offerings of meat

zhan cup (ritual objects)

pottery jue goblet

bronze jue goblet

coral

official robe embroidered with gold designs of pythons

Green Standards

Provincial Banners

lieutenant of mounted musketeers

firearms brigade

flag by the outer curtain wall

large flag at the inner gate of the imperial field headquarters

sword worn at the waist

music performed at the agricultural ceremony of the emperor

imperial ceremonial dress

roof tile

ox-head ghost jailer

small hand gong with a raised centre

making caps

fishmonger

Fengyang

pigment

comb

pastry

tea

weaving deep baskets

hired labourer

selling medicine

painting motifs on clay body

wheel throwing (forming the clay body)

raw silk storehouse

receiving goods

stone slab

prostitution

salt transport by water to the capital

pentapetes

Su Wu tending sheep

object motif

playing hide-and-seek (children)

Sun Feifu

Du Que

The Capture of Sun Feihu

The Startling Dream by the Straw-thatched Bridge

peacock plume

Joy of Receiving the Reply

stage costume

taotie

bamboo and wooden slips

rope motif

character motif

whirlpool motif

streaked stone

endless melons on the vine

The branches emerge in the moonlight; The flowers are in full bloom when autumn arrives

water chestnut

circle-shaped frame for the main motif

Wei's Purple peony

jue goblet (ritual objects)

emperor giving a banquet

Zijin Cheng

percussion instrument

Chinese character

kun (eight trigrams)

li (eight trigrams)

qian (eight trigrams)

zhen (eight trigrams)

gen (eight trigrams)

kan (eight trigrams)

dui (eight trigrams)

xun (eight trigrams)

Madam Tang ascending to the hall to breastfeed her mother-in-law

Lady Tang

Beigu Shan

Jiao Shan

Ouyang Xiu

Huqiu Shan

Wei Zheng

loading goods

sign of great peace

Huanggai Feng

scaling ladder

Shaoyang He

Han Xizai’s evening banquet

Han Xizai

Wang Shenyan

Liu Ji

Zhang Dao

Zhang Wen

Wang Shanggong

Wang Gongchen

Feng Xingji

gathering of eminent elders in Luoyang

Wen Yanbo

Xi Ruyan

Chu Jianzhong

Zhao Bing

firing a kiln (firing the clay body)

Mi Fu

Su Zhe

Huang Tingjian

Li Hua

Zhang Jiuling

seven virtuous men riding through the pass

Zheng Qian

Zhang Yue

Meng Haoran

official noticeboard

Yue Fei

Fawang Si

Akesu

Li Xuandao

Su Xu

Kong Yingda

stage prop

luminous king

Buddhist nun

dragons (Eight Classes of Nonhuman Beings)

Shakyamuni as an ascetic

Maya

Li Mingxiang

Peng Qiu

woodcutter Peng Qiu's encounter with immortals

Sun Simiao saving a flood dragon and receiving the recipes for immortality as a reward

seeking inspiration for composing a poem

Dialogue of the Fisherman and the Woodcutter (Shao Yong)

filtering wine

washing ramie

hearing the sound of the cross flute

wooden fish

florist

Temple of the Earth God

sacrifice to Earth God

Cui Xizhen

roof construction

blue door streamer of a tavern

school children

returning woodcutter

shepherd playing the cross flute

fisherman plying a flute

Jizi explaining his teachings

Meng Zong's weeping causing the bamboo to sprout

Meng Zong

Ding Lan carving wooden figurines of his parents and treating them as if they were alive

Ding Lan

Wang Pou

Wang Pou weeping at his mother's grave upon hearing thunder

Jiang Shi

Jiang Shi making a gushing spring and carps leaping out

Huang Xiang fanning the pillow to please his parents

Huang Xiang

Cai Shun picking and sorting mulberries

Cai Shun

Laolaizi

Laolaizi playing with toys and dressed up in coloured clothes to amuse his parents

Yu Qianlou praying to the Polaris

Yu Qianlou

keeping down by force

Yang Xiang seizing a tiger to save his father

low-saturation blue-green mountain

Yang Xiang

Guo Ju

excavate

Guo Ju obtaining gold upon burying his son

Wu Meng submitting himself to mosquitoes in the summer

Wu Meng

Jiang Ge

Jiang Ge labouring himself and devotedly supporting his mother

deerskin

Tanzi

Tanzi providing his parents with deer's milk

Dong Yong selling himself for the burial of his father

Dong Yong

Boxie style of seven-stringed zither

King Cheng of Zhou

Vaiśravaṇa

Virūḍhaka

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

fishing line

Maonü

Wang Hong

basket as sedan chair

Jinhua Shan

Lie Yukou

stroking a horse

duck herding

Wang Huizhi visiting Dai Andao on a snowy night

owl

Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang

listening to the round-shaped four-stringed lute

Neptune

Yuanjin Quansheng

dhole

Winter Solstice

vegetable flower

white daphne

twelve double-hour periods

bell in the Buddhist monastery

Sanwu

celestial globe

carpenter's square

Big Dipper

cloud band

taking care of one's health

thaw

standing (mountain)

very deep blue green

billowing clouds

mood to play the seven-stringed zither

Yang Weizhen

longevity (mountain)

clear lake

swiftly running stream with steep banks hidden in clouds

layers of mountains with caves

tall waterfall

Chinese chestnut

garden balsam

lone rock

twin trees

cloudy forest

overlooking the water (plant)

second five-day period after the Pure Brightness

wheat blossom

Chinese chive

Chinese bush cherry

Japanese rose

Chinese hawthorn

assorted fruits

dense willow

sparse willow

distant Buddhist monastery

harvesting jujubes

Viola philippica

Java sparrow

rosy periwinkle

African marigold

Indian aster

hall crab-apple

peanut

morningstar lily

yellow catalpa

common sunflower

maturation (crops)

saturn peach

long life (animal)

damselfly

white butterfly

rare bird

playing in water (bird)

chaffinch

yellow-throated bunting

mannikin

arrowhead violet

Chinese silvergrass

starting to flourish

large hawk cuckoo

gamecock

pigeon

blossoms of the Chinese scholar tree

flock of gull and allies

strange fish

golden carp

White Dew

running water buffalo

bullfighting (water buffalo)

street (the capital of a country)

roc

bi disc (jade pendant)

leaning on a pavilion

leaning on a fence

tea house

lying in the snow

Yuan An lying in the snow

Eight Immortals

playing ballgame (children)

holding a flower in both hands

stringed instrument

yang-derived soul

announcing good news

imperial birthday

medicine seller turning a walking stick into a dragon

zun wine vessel

lotus-leaf cup

twenty-five-stringed zither

rare delicacies

crying one's wares

liquor prepared in spring and winter

secluded dwelling

living in seclusion

clear brook

staying up all night on Lunar New Year's Eve

butter lamp

assemblage of auspicious omens

I stop my cart, admiring the sweet-gum forest this late; The frosty leaves are redder than the second-month blossoms

sweetgum forest

waterway transport

calling over the ferry

Xi Hu

two boats

raft floating between the sea and sky

generations

descendant

wooden clogs

watercraft (toy)

twenty-five-stringed harp

imperial city

national capital

ten thousand years

imperial sedan chair

Shang Lin

successful candidate in the palace civil service examination

one hundred promotions

noble rank

I caress the solitary pine and linger

spring ox

eastern suburbs

right wing

battle at the River Hunbasi

archer

fish-shaped lantern

crane lantern

transplanting bamboo

torch

arrow-shaped counters

pet animal

tasting and judging the spring water

picking flowers

freeing cranes

gazing at the river

watching cranes

raft of wild ducks

leaning on a boat

watching swan geese

searching for spring

Shi Hu

slack season in farming

picking cotton

preparing the threshing floor

light green

crops

five cereals

going to sacrificial altar

spittoon

Huangshigong

Qingbi Ge

Three Sages of the West

Hanshan

Mahāmaudgalyāyana

bamboo and cypress

shade of a willow tree

pattern weaving

frame used in warp preparation

weft preparation

selecting cocoons

distributing silkworms to bamboo trays

Frost's Descent

winnowing

bamboo chest

transporting grain to the threshing floor

applying fertiliser

levelling soil with a roller harrow

harrowing

harrow-like implement

end-of-year gift

holding a candle

ranseur

wood strawberry

playing the shuttlecock

making a snow lion

Baita Shan

ice sports

sacrifice to the Stove God

calligraphy and painting

puppet show

string puppet

game of pitch pot

performing in an opera

Changmen

virtuous person

boy monk

Huiyuan

handsome rock

animal-powered transport

clearing sky after rain

Rhapsody on the Goddess of the Luo River (Cao Zhi)

Bathing Buddha's Image

yellow-browed bunting

cogon grass

armrest in writing

rising tide

Qiantang Jiang

imperial lake

locust

wild vegetables

pumpkin

patterned fowl

sweet oak

market

ancient game of ball kicking

apple

Prunus mume

red apricot flower

lying rock

winding stone stairway

water conservancy project

oyster

bayberry

tadpole

hoopoe

sparse bamboo

watching fish

Lu Yu

Ni Zan

sacrificial altar

arrowhead

embroidery stand

medical doctor

memorial column

Duanmu Ci

Medicine Buddha

sewing

Micui Ting

Zhenyan Ting

deep blue-green mountain in fine weather

immortal's life span

elegant interest

dragon pool

returning in glory (said of a high official)

Chinese juniper

gathering of immortals

washing one's hands

waiting for a seven-stringed zither

winding cliffway

auspicious beginning

floating mist

entertaining oneself with cranes

mulberry

washing an elephant

white horse laden with sutras

clear and fresh air

mountain walk

Dongting Hu (Tai Hu)

Xi Shan

listening to a spring

Tang poetic concept

transplanting seedlings (rice)

willow catkin

Ning Qi

Xie An travelling with attendants carrying music instruments

Faber cymbidium

Daurian redstart

scaly-breasted munia

auspicious grains

reciting a Buddhist scripture

Yan Guang

large turreted boat

Zhou Shu

Four Hoaryheads of Shang Mountain

Wu Shi

Yu Xuanming

Cui Guang

purple mandarin duck

peace

luxuriant mountains with a road along the ridge

picking water chestnuts

pair of wild geese

calling water buffaloes

Emperor Wen of Han

Thousand-armed and Thousand-eyed Guanyin

pavilion with eaves on all four sides

four kinds of happiness

water vat

washing the moon

tree roots

snowy peak

Seventy-Two Terrestrial Killers

deities in the Thunder Ministry

Ding Ce

Ma Zhao

cutting stones

stonemason

supervising decapitation of a criminal

cannon

tall man

Viscount of Wei

Long-Ear Immortal Dingguang

Yu De

Yu Da

Fang Yizhen

Ma Zhong

Peng Zun

Xu Gai

Six-Soul Banner

Three Clarities

qi

Xu Zhong

cupboard

Five-Coloured Camel

blowing air

Gao Gui

Hu Lei

plaque of surrender

drawing lots

boy severant of a Daoist priest

reading aloud in public

Bai Xianzhong

Ji Kang

demon-detecting mirror

falling (animal)

teacher and student

coffin

Xiao Sheng

Wind-Stopping Pearl

Bai Li

Han Zhixian

Three-Rays-of-Light Water

snowflake

Ji Li

Ji Shuqian

admitting error and asking for punishment

flying weight

wine cup

rite (popular religion)

enjoying a snow scene

hand in hand

ruler and subject

congratulating the emperor at an audience

Tai Dian

sighing

begging for mercy

driving a pig

Golden Brick

Nine-Dragon Magic Fire Cover

Blue-Cloud Boy

Ao Bing

bathing

drafting admonition to the emperor

E Chongyu

Consort Taijiang

tearing up

mourning garments

Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum

Consort Yang

Gun Juan

pouring wine into a cup

wooden sword

kowtow

reading the future from the clouds

demonic clouds

daughter

Huang Yuanji

Zhao Bing (Investiture of the Gods)

Pangu separating Heaven from Earth

Pangu (myth)

incinerating oneself

Youhun Guan

Dai Li

Golden-Hair Hou

Chuanyun Guan

Qinglong Guan

Biyou Gong

Whale-Dragon

Mist-Dew Qian-Kun Net

Fire Crow

Liu Huan

Qian Bao

Golden Fiery-Eyed Beast

gift for inviting one's service

Yellow-River Formation

Red-Sand Formation

Mo Lihai

Mo Lishou

Mo Lihong

flying bear

round flat cake

Madame Rock

nature spirits (Eight Classes of Nonhuman Beings)

Li Gen

Goddess of Lightning

removing the eye

shade-bird

Yanwei

Ying people

Giants of Gan

Bird tribe

Han Liu

Black people

Sprouts people

Drought-Fury, Daughter of the Yellow Emperor

Pendant-Ears people

Corpse of Geng of the Xia

Blow

celestial-hound

five-coloured bird

pingpeng

Yanzi

crazy-bird

Woman Chou

Long-Shins people

Jiaoyao people

Butinghuyu

Corpse of Zuzhuang

Huantou people

black-snake

crow

Corpse of Liling

five-coloured bird

Giants

Town of Mingzu

giant crab

Bingyi

Rong people

Corpse of Jubi

mei-hobgoblin

ring-dog

thoroughly-odd

tafei

tao-dog

Erfu

Demon people

three green-birds

lucky-measure

three-legged birds

six-headed bird

beast-facing-east

yayu

yayu (Ruo Shui)

si-rhinoceros

Goumang

Labouring people

honghong-rainbow

taotu

luoluo

Tiptoe people

bo (Bei Hai)

Bofu people

Kuafu

Deep-Eyed people

Sushen people

people in the Land of Women

Xuanyuan's people

people in the Land of Men

bird (land of the single-arm people)

Zhourao people

Forked-Tongues people

Protruding-Chests people

Zhi people

li

juru

Yu'er

yiji

three-legged turtle (Cong Shui)

zhen-bird (Yaobi Shan)

baby-ladle bird

lin

plower

green plower-bird

wei-monkey

stealing-fat bird

si-wolf

wading-alligator

zhen-bird (Nüji Shan)

lun-fish

twisting-turtle (Hao Shui)

lingyao-bird

smoky-lake

xiqu

yin

warrior-net

yao-bird

fuzhu

longzhi

brave-fish

na

peipei

flying-fish (Lao Shui)

heyu

enjoy-abundance

qi-magpie

geju

qiu-fish

jiegou

jingjing

wanhu

lihu-bird

chouyu

dongdong

rongrong-fish

giant snake

elephant-snake

spirit-guardian

xianfu-fish

humped-neck

quju-bird

juji

dugu

yao

dragon-turtle

yayü (Shaoxian Shan)

white ye-bird

nafu

yak

youyan

mengji

jiao-bird

zuzi

ear-rat

slippery-fish (Hua Shui)

menghuai

yiyü-bird (Dai Shan)

thoroughly-odd (Gui Shan)

shuhu

sao-fish

danghu-bird

Long-ride

jiao-beast

xingyü-bird

qinyuan-bird

giant e-hawk

vermilion yan-beast

shusi-bird

min

brookside-dog

feiyi-bird (Ying Shan)

tongqu-bird

min-bird

tuan-fish

tiger-dragon

zi-fish

powercat

guanguan-bird

strange beast

fu-viper

antelope

creature with a human head and a snake body

headless human body

creature with a human head and a dragon body

Towards Evening There Was Thunder and Lightning

Duke Jing of Qin

The Elder Brother Had a Hunting Dog

When the Maiden Warned the Brothers Not to Pick Ferns

When the Lords of the Centre Ruled Together

When Peng Keng Offered the Pheasant's Broth to the High Lord

He the Valiant Was the Grandson of Meng

He Lü

When High God in Heaven Confers His Mandate

Bo Lin Hanged Himself

Shensheng

When Wang the Counsellor Was in the Market

King Millet Was His Firstborn

Ji Zi Feigned Madness

The Mandate of Heaven Is Changeable

King Mu Was a Breeder of Horses

King Mu of Zhou

Lord Zhao Did Much Travelling

white pheasant

King Zhao of Zhou

When the Grey Geese Came Flocking Together

On the Morning of the First Day We Took Our Oath

Tang the Successful Travelled to the East

The Dark Man Lay with Her Adulterously and Destroyed His Elder Brother

sage

Did She Forsake Her Own Son and Give Herself to Him

Heng Inherited Ji's Prowess

Wang Heng

antiques

When Youyi's Herdsmen Found Them

How Did She of the Smooth Sides and Lovely Skin Become His Paramour

Dancing with Shield and Plumes

Wang Hai herding oxen and sheep

Why Did He Lose His Oxen and Sheep

Hai Inherited Ji's Prowess

Jiandi (legend)

When Jian Di Was in the Tower

Jiandi swallowing a black bird's egg and later giving birth to Qi

Ku

swan

From a Bird-Shaped Vessel Embellished with Jade

ding tripod vessel ((kitchen utensil)

Taibo

Fleeing from Gu Gong, They Possessed Wu

Zhongyong

Shun Served His Brother

smelting stones to mend the sky

Nü Wa Was Raised up to Become High Lord

If Shun Had His Wife in His House

Jie

When Jie Attacked Mengshan

When the Strong Man Prepared His Warriors for Battle

Jiao

Shao Kang

When Jiao Was in HU

When Ping Summons up the Rain

The Halo of White Light

On That Westward Journey from Zu to Qiong

God Sent down Lord Yi

Bo Yi

Yu Laboured with All His Might

When Yi Shot the Suns

Where Is the Black Water That Dyes the Feet

How Does the Snake That Can Swallow an Elephant Digest Its Bones

Where Is the Nine-Branched Weed, Where Is the Flower of the Great Hemp

Where Is the Great Serpent with Nine Heads

Where Are the Hornless Dragons Which Carry Bears on Their Backs for Sport

young horned dragon

Where Is the Stone Forest, What Beast Can Talk

What Land Does the Sun Not Shine on and How Does the Torch Dragon Light It

When the Wicked One Was Enraged

What Did the Winged Dragon Trace on the Ground, Where Did the Seas and Rivers Flow

If Gun Was Not Fit to Allay the Flood

Where Does the Bright God Hide

light

Where Is Lord Bluster, the Wind Star, and Where Does the Warm Wind Live

How Did the Mother Star Get Her Nine Children Without a Union

Ancient Beginning of Things

Honouring the Dead

pageant horse

Hymn to the Fallen

The Mountain Spirit

mountain spirit

The River Earl

The Lord of the East

Sun God (myth)

The Greater Master of Fate

Greater Master of Fate

The Lesser Master of Fate

Lesser Master of Fate

The Goddess of the Xiang

The Lady of the Xiang

The Lord within the Clouds

The Great Unity, God of the Eastern Sky

tortoise shell for divination

palm print of peach blossoms

palm print of flowery covering

man of virtue

borderland

tip of measurement

lesser yang

rosy clouds

complementary angle

Mercury (thirteen points)

superior year

chamberlain for law enforcement

study

heavenly court

Sun angle

return (other facial areas)

earthly storehouse

middle yang

ground pavilion

laws

goose and duck

mountain forest (other facial areas)

Moon angle

container of liquid (thirteen points)

pond

minister of work

orchid terrace

heavenly centre

human midpoint

just point

facial wrinkles

heavenly storehouse

mouth (human face)

greater yin (Six Scintillances, areas of human face)

Ziqi (Six Scintillances, areas of human face)

Mars (Five Planets, areas of human face)

Palace of Servants

inch, bar and cubit

zhongwan

danzhong

zhangmen

xuanzhong

yanglingquan

ermen

triple heater

dazhu

geshu

taiyuan

Chen Tuan

Xu Xuanping

Lanke Shan

Wang Zhi

watching the chess game in Lanke Shan

Huang Chuping

Huang Chuping turning rocks into goats

Mei Fu

Xiao Shi

Zhang Daoling

auspicious grass

An Qisheng

Baishi Sheng

riding a crane

basket of flowers and fruits

Bowl of the Big Dipper

God of Examinations

gear (domestic animal)

Bodhidharma facing the wall

Shaolin Si (Song Shan)

debating

India

handing over

king

Manorhita

Nāgārjuna

Aśvaghoṣa

Punyayaśas

Vasumitra

Micchaka

Upagupta

distant bank

hand drum

treetop

husband

melody of the cross flute

bell sound

listening to a waterfall

precarious mountain path

dasheen

screen-shaped mountain

On the Picture of Mooring a Boat in the Storm (Yuan Haowen)

riding alone

Kālika

smelling

Virūpākṣa

Vajraputra

Hongfu

spoon

Cowherd

Honoured Consort Yang

Ruan Yuan's Family Memorial Hall

beautiful scenery

spreading liquid starch

Five Elders of Suiyang

Bi Shichang

Anshan Zha

Luo He

Mengjin

inn

winding small bridge

about to snow

remote mountain

In a skiff with a single oar, to where I am returning; My home is in the village of yellow leaves on the south bank of the river

travelling gown

vermilion pavilion

collar band

fragrant pouch worn on the waist

dream (animal)

viewing a mountain

seventh rank (military official)

second rank (military official)

fifth rank (civil official)

fourth rank (civil official)

tide

animal tamer

giraffe

Zhongyuan Festival (fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month)

textile industry

handkerchief

civil clown

Huang Tianba

headkerchief (stage costume)

Chai Shao

Li Ji

archer's robe

Emperor Zhaolie of Shu Han

Emperor Wu of Wei

duck-tail hat

soft hexagonal hat

Bao Zheng

prime minister's turban

water spirit

purple hat worn by a prince

man (role in a play)

Weituo

commander-in-chief's helmet

tinker

Wangkou Zhuang

Chinese parasol fruit

Preface to the Evening Banquet in the Peach and Plum Garden (Li Bai)

brush washer

investigating the Buddhist truth

passerine

white-rumped munia

rising cloud

Yangzhou

Emperor Shizong of Qing

Emperor Xizong of Ming

Emperor Guangzong of Ming

Emperor Shenzong of Ming

Emperor Muzong of Ming

Emperor Shizong of Ming

Huai He

Double Ninth Festival (ninth day of the ninth lunar month)

autumn outing

limestone cave

Taihang Shan

small high hill

manpower transport

noble orchid

xiezhi

story of immortals

chrysanthemum garden

deep col

Tai Hu

Eastern Grove

Lady in the Moon

breaking off an cassia twig

purity

raising net

Yao Terrace

chattering water flowing over sandbank or stones

listening to the rain

grazing land

one's name and position under the civil service examination system

enjoying the osmanthus tree

cool air

paperweight in the shape of a ruler

fourth rank (military official)

emperor's southern inspection tour

Suzhou

Shiliang (Tiantai Shan)

Water of a stream, road in deserted mountains; Ramshackle gate, a village with old trees

invitation to hermetic life

Yixing

miniature screen as table decoration

Consort Li of Emperor Muzong

triangle-shaped fishing net

flying in circle (animal)

dragon boat race in the Jinming Pond

Apsaras scattering flowers

holding a bowl

one buddha and two bodhisattvas

Chinese perch

whipping a water buffalo

vinegar

saker falcon

Lü Dongbin Gets Thrice Drunk at Yueyang Lou (Ma Zhiyuan)

night tour

quietly singing bird

Three Firsts

Huzhou

Emperor Minghuang's journey to Shu

Sichuan

sound

tools (cosmetic)

putting on clothes

playing with birds (children)

caged bird

pair of rabbits

invisible repairing

winter melon

Wang Xizhi copying a text in exchange for a goose

modelling (forming the body of ink stick)

Mongol ethnic minority

Seeing Off

hill partridge

red bridge

thinking of

memory

paw licking (animal)

longhorn beetle

Huaisu

Zhou Dunyi

eating leaves (silkworm)

four seasons

Nanjing

Emperor Lizong of Song

Emperor Ningzong of Song

Emperor Taizong of Tang

Emperor Guangwu of Han

grotto heavens

vast expanse (of mountains and rivers)

Qingming Festival (c. 5th April)

Pure Brightness

Putuo Shan

sheep

cottage in the woods

blue-green pine tree

farewell composition

Jiaxu Spirit Named Zhan Zijiang

Dinghai Spirit Named Zhang Wentong

Dingmao Spirit Named Sima Qing

Jiazi Spirit Named Wang Wenqing

Dingsi Spirit Named Cui Shiqing

Jiashen Spirit Named Hu Wenchang

Jiayin Spirit Named Ming Wenzhang

Jiachen Spirit Named Meng Feiqing

Dingyou Spirit Named Zang Wengong

Dingchou Spirit Named Zhao Ziren

Dingwei Spirit Named Shi Shutong

Jiawu Spirit Named Wei Shangqing

Marshal Wang

Marshal Yin

Officer of Earth

Shaking my clothes atop a cliff of a thousand feet, washing my feet in a flow of ten thousand miles

Dule Yuan

orchid and rock

dense trees

Five Hundred Arhats

rain scene

serene lake

Tiandu Feng

Zhao Mengfu

Zhao Mengfu writing the Heart Sutra in exchange for tea

Xu Xun moving his residence

Xuanwen Jun

syzygy

enjoying the sound of something

clear and far-carrying sound

grain of wood

Anjali Guanyin

Heshi jade disc

Lin Xiangru

Sacred Heart

Jesus

gesture of the lowest of the middle class of beings

Shakyamuni entering nirvana

crane and rail

snapped lotus

Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara of the Lion's Roar

Water-sprinkling Guanyin

Europe (geography)

half cross-legged posture

seated posture

three honoured buddhas

Ajita

Vanavāsin

Budai

Into the Recesses of the Large Mound

qilin bringing baby

Four-armed Guanyin

esoteric teaching

mandala

Panchen

forty-two hands and eyes

Dalai

enjoying the sight of sailboats

Laozi riding an ox

silver or gold ingot used as money

Twenty-four-armed Guanyin

Many Jewels Guanyin

Nondual Guanyin

Peony (Mei Yaochen)

The wind brings the secluded fragrance of the flowers; The birds arrive to view its elegant beauty

A Playful Piece on Lily Magnolia (Bai Juyi)

Pomegranate (Pan Ni)

Looking up at the winding green branches; I see the flowers in red-cloud colour

After peach flowers have newly withered; When twin swallows have just arrived

Crabapples (Zheng Gu)

Twin-Colour Peach Flowers (Shao Yong)

The spreading twigs intertwine with the sleeves; The tender leaves catch the skirts

The leaves are thick with the edges as sturdy as rhinoceros-hide armour; The flowers are not showy with the colour as red as cranes' crown

white swallow

Pomegranate (Wen Tingyun)

Birds descended and stole a few away, holding them in their beaks like fireballs; People came to pick more, trembling on the fallen ones like broken pearls

If you wish to see the maru pile up on your plate; do not wait to mend the bamboo pergola for vines

The branches and leaves are painted in malachite green; The petals and stamens are powdered with yellow orpiment

yellow rose

Luya trees grow near and far; Jade and pearls embellish them everywhere

The fragrant jade-like arils contain immortal juice; The red textured round rinds are made with mermaid gauze

Damnacanthus indicus

She comes from Zhenla; Calling herself Little Yellow Fragrance

The wind and the dew lend her cosmetic cream; The shades of rouge blend into her skin

midget crab-apple

They are most beautiful in the rain; They are most charming when beginning to bloom

The colour resembles jade trees in the immortal land; The fragrance reminds of the Celestial Ruler's palace

Narcissus (Liu Ban)

The leaves look like diagonally ruled papers; The stems seem vertically stored scrolls

Cockscomb Flowers (Luo Ye)

Various Flowers in the Front of Shuyu Zhai (Song Qi)

Chinese mallow

monkshood

All the plants do their utmost in spring flowering; But the poppy is surely the champion of all

wild pansy

The stems receive dews and droop; The fragrance drifts far through the wind

The Bleeding Heart (Zhou Bida)

oats

The leaves are turning in the fragrant wind; The flowers are unfolding in the shades of sunlight

Chinese milk vetch

Celebrating Astragalus (Cao Zhenji)

brushfooted butterfly

wind orchid

Xianglin Villa (Yang Wanli)

Facing the Lotus for Chao Yingzhi (Zhang Lei)

Cissampelopsis volubilis

A Companion Piece to Mr Qian the Supernumerary Senior Recorder's Enjoying the New Chrysanthemum in the Imperial Palace in Early Autumn (Bai Juyi)

Spikes of flowers turn to red to greet autumn

realm of bodhisattvas

realm of solitary buddhas

realm of disciples

Human Being

realm of animals

demigods (Eight Classes of Nonhuman Beings)

realm of demigods

animal

divinities (Eight Classes of Nonhuman Beings)

realm of divinities

wheel of dharma gesture

karma

realm of ghosts

realm of humans

realm of buddhas

brick

stone material

Xu Jiang

Wannian Qiao

fruit shop

sauce and pickle shop

Xianfa Qiang

Guanshuifa

Dashuifa

Yuanying Guan

timepiece that announces correct time

Wuzhu Ting

Fangwai Guan

hedge maze

Xushui Lou

Xieqiqu

ceremonial pole with an octagonal head

leopard-tail-decorated spear

assistant regional commander

mounted musketeer brigade

member of the imperial nobility who encroaches on the eight privileges

censor-in-chief

hourglass-shaped drum

double-reeded vertical wind instrument

small hand gong

small bow-shaped cymbals

jade jue goblet

Encampment

ninth rank (military official)

Stride

flag by the inner curtain wall

belt worn for a religious rite

rectangular umbrella

canopy with crank handle

imperial concubine

main motif frame in the shape of rectangle with four corners cut out

folding chair

campstool

Rooftop

tablet bearing the character 'ling'

flag bearing the character 'ling'

rattan shield

tiger spear

tiger-spear brigade

winnowing-basket-shaped musical instrument to keep time

breeding (silkworm)

adding thread after the Winter Solstice

swan goose in autumn

exploring secluded places

Weiwei Day (fifth day of the first lunar month)

Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra

King of the Five Offices

Imperial King

home-viewing terrace

King of Mount Tai

Far Reaching King of Qin

future birth

King who Turns the Wheel of Rebirth

Qin Gui

King of the First River

King of the Capital

Jia Sidao

beverage

Madame Meng

Earth-store Bodhisattva

King of Transformations

Imperial King of Song

Fengdu City

King Yama

previous birth

horse-head ghost jailer

hell of frozen ice

The Ordinances of Heaven

Pure Temple

Clear

altar of Heaven

west

Green Dragon

south

Black Tortoise

Vermilion Bird

north

east

White Tiger

wonton

hand puppet

dried bean curd

chanting by Daoist priests

music (advertisement)

jellied bean curd

cooper

carpenter's ink marker

carpenter

toilet paper

carrot

scallion

salted vegetable

begging alms

rodenticide

peddler's string of bells

dog pounding grains

cotton flutter

bowing the cotton

storytelling accompanied by a percussion instrument

overland dragon boat

making a rice huller

carpentry

making silver articles

silversmith

glyphomancy

grinding glass

glass

glass grinder

making stockings

making arrows

candle making

swineherd

dustpan

dung collecting

making a paper ingot

paper ingots

jeweller

drilling seed pearls

tin ware making

tinsmith

turning stem of a tobacco pipe on a lathe

knife-grinder

sharpening a knife

feather duster

ceramics

copying

painter

tobacco farmer

cutting tobacco leaves

lamb and mutton

emptying chamber pots

woman who empties chamber pots

treatment for itchy skin

salted fish

ceramics repairing

pork

blind woman

millworker

flour milling

screen mould to lift the paper pulp

lifting the pulp with the screen

paper-pulp tub

sculptor

running a peep show

peep show box

thick soup

lacquer man

oil and lacquer painting

powder medication

pill

large jar for liquor

still

distilling wine

mending shoes

mending a wok

working the bellows

bean curd

making a pancake

thin pancake

hairdresser

incense making

medicine woman

catching tooth worms

training white-rumped munia

master of methods

making clogs

rattle drum

making sieves

writing on a lantern

calligrapher

repairing umbrellas

burning incense on the arm

collarbone shackling

making scales

conjuring

magician

plaiting

red silk braid

trading company

firing tea leaves

compressing tea leaves

rolling tea leaves

selecting tea leaves

drying tea leaves in the sun

picking tea leaves

preparing soil

Phyllodium pulchellum

Jasminum lanceolarium

Begonia fimbristipula

Dinghu Shan

sugarcane

canna

Clerodendrum philippinum

Lycoris

elderflower rose

Huodendron

Pittosporum tobira

Japanese honeysuckle

Melodinus suaveolens

ylang-ylang vine

mountain pomegranate

Syzygium jambos

tiger lily

Trapa bicornis

Rhododendron mucronatum

Yunnan camellia

Xinxing

porcelain shop

herbal medicine shop

unloading a kiln (firing the clay body)

firing the clay body

loading a kiln (firing the clay body)

trimming (forming the clay body)

dipping ceramic glaze

breaking ceramic rocks

making ceramic glaze

mining ceramic rocks

purifying ceramic clay with water

making ceramic slurry

mining ceramic clay

sample goods

foreign trading company

creating cocoons

Morus alba var. multicaulis

Morus alba var. alba

three-stringed spike lute

striking or chime clock

Taiwan yuhina

Bohemian waxwing

painted snipe

yellow bittern

tufted duck

baikal teal

cock-head waterlily

longan

sugar apple

banana

shrubby althaea

Xi'nan

hulled rice

sugar funnel

Xi Jiang

Guilin

cotton

pimp

Dongguan

floating grocery

duck-raising boat

theatrical troupe's boat

Lord Derby's parakeet

common wrightia

castor bean

Nongyu

Reading the Letter at the Dressing Table

The Interruption of the Religious Service

The Wonder Remedy

The Love Letter

Renting of the Quarters in the Monastery

Invitation to the Banquet

Huiming

Chance Encounter at the Buddha Hall

The Beautiful Moment under the Moon

Farewell to the Sworn Brother

Breaking through the Encirclement to Seek for Help

Synopsis

A Poem and Its Response by the Eastern Wall

The Riot Breaking Out

Jokes between the Houseboy and Hongniang

Letter of the Parting Sorrow

auspicious saying

lotus petal pattern

Water

character 'xi' motif

goldfish

Catfish

having a surplus year after year

artificial beard

demon, evil spirit

passion flower pattern

cowrie motif

letter 'S' motif

spring waters

water chestnut flower

eight doubled trigrams

dragon horse

rush-matt pattern

six dragons

Peace

thunder pattern

Chart out of the Yellow River

Script out of the Luo River

one-horn-and-one-foot-dragon-and-phoenix motif

many seeds

jiaoduan

nipple motif

dragon playing with the cub

Earthly Branches

ethnic group (general)

They flip lightly their jade scissors to flutter out of flowers; Dancing the Nichang to bring the moon home

magnolia family

orchid family

Chaoercong

Yuekulai

Laiyuanliu

Khitan envoys for an court audience (Jingde reign)

imperial equipage on an inspection of the flooding River Bian (Jingde reign)

reading in the Grand Pure Building (Jingde reign)

Wang Hong paying a visit to Tao Qian

Pang Tongzhi

Marital Alliance

Yingdu

O Soul, Come Back, Return to Your Old Abode

Jicui Feng

Yongtai Si

Lu Yuanlang

Yan Chaoyin

Pizhou

Fan Ci

Emperor Zhuangzong of Later Tang

Luoyang Lou

Pangu Si

Yanbo Zhishuang

Yuxue Gubai

Yao and Shun Had Those They Could Trust with Office

Wenshu Tai

Xuelangshi

Xianchuang Yan

Picking Lotus Seedpods (Wang Bo)

Xiantui Yan

Ballad of Staying up All Night on New Year's Eve

Lingyan Shan

Xiang Shan

Zhixing Shan

enjoying the sight of nature

We Played the Nine Songs and Danced the Shao Dances

archaic flute used as a dance prop

Lülianghong

victory banquet at the Zhengdaguangming Hall

feeding passerines

everybody being happy

Wanliu Tang

wind and rain all over the town

Shizhong Shan

Shuifang Yanxiu

Prince Xingxian of Ming

Xinjiang

having all one's wishes

water dropper

Lujin Miao

Jiagou Yi

Ranju Yan

hunting banquet at the Northern Military Camp (Jingde reign)

Huanghe Lou

Song Zhiwen

The Stairway

with reverence wishing someone a long life

Xianyue Yan

Zhibai Xuan

Granting the Common People One Step in Noble Rank

Zilu carrying rice for his parents

Zi Lu

Shanxinglang

Jinchixian

Jingshi Yu

Tianping Shan

All Your Household Have Come to Do You Honour

three friends

Zhuwo

Guangmo Ting

Yanxun Shanguan

Fangzhu Linliu

Zhang Gongjin

Feng Ling

Liu Xian

I move here not for any other things; I only want to borrow the southern kiosk to view the mountains

Xihai

Six Hermits by the Bamboo Brook

Han Zhun

yu food basin

Tao Mian

Zhang Shuming

Pei Zheng

Kong Chaofu

Hongmen

Lu Tong making tea

Lu Tong

Yangqing Yi

Tianjin

Shan Xi

Bright is the moon, sparse are the stars; Ravens and sparrows fly south

Jade Dew from Crane Forest (Luo Dajing)

Wu Xi

Emperor Xiaozong of Song

I Look up to the Bright Moon and Sigh

Tao Qian sending over a labourer and a letter

Consort Shao of Emperor Xianzong

King Wu of Zhou receiving the Cinnabar Document

Zong Chuke

Doushan Ting

I Look up at the Floating Clouds with Heavy Sigh

Wuru Feng

Bodhidharma Meditation Cliff

Niliao Yan

Hanhui Feng

man dressed in white sending wine to Tao Qian

one thousand mu of bamboo along the Wei River

Hongxian

Zaoye Tang

Weiting

Baiyang He

Asking the Moon with Wine in Hand (Li Bai)

drinking overnight

Zhang Liang

Xuezhaolu

sunlight

I Knelt on My Outspread Skirts and Poured My Plaint Out

Building an Arch Bridge Across the Water

Guan Yu

Liu Bei's third visit to Zhuge Liang

Zhang Fei

Jiamaying

Daoguang Emperor being presented with prisoners at the Wumen Gate

Jining

beauty and intelligence

Till I Came to Where Chonghua Was and Made My Plaint to Him

Jufang Ting

Li Hui

Li Xian

five princes returning drunkenly

Li Fan

Li Ye

Jingu Yuan

Li Xiaogong

Emperor Shizong of Jin

Shuangfeng Si

Guanshui Yan

Wansong Si

Liuhe Yi

Fu Yue

tamp

To and Fro in the Earth You Must Everywhere Wander

Wu Pingyi

Far-off Journey

small cup

Wang Wei playing the music of Yulunpao

recapture of Kothan

Beizhen Shuangfeng

Qingqi Lou

Yunrong Shuitai

Wang Ji

Emperor Ningzong of Yuan

The Phoenix Flies High and Will Not Come down and Alight

reed stem

reed flower

Jinshan Si (Pan Shan)

Empress Zhang the Wife of Emperor Xiaozong

Heng Shan

Nuanliu Xuanbo

Wushi

Nan Lou

Empress Gao the Wife of Emperor Taizu

Feng Ping

Du Yan

Zhu Guan

Wang Huan

Lücheng

Xinyang Gang

Willow Palisade

Harness Flying Dragons to Be My Coursers

Pilixiang

Yujian Chi

Brocade Sails on the Winding Water

Huishan Si

Stream in Wuling

offsprings of cassia and orchid

three blessings

Pan Shan

Lian Jiang

When I Ascended the Splendour of the Heavens

Qingjiliu

Zhao Bian

What I Regret Is the Fair One's Waywardness

Zhilan Shi

Feilai Feng

Qianning Yi

Zixu Ci

Ciguang Si

Lu Yu tasting spring waters

Ballard of Fair Ladies (Du Fu)

Xi'an

Longmen

great auspicious long-lasting peace

Xixing

Xu Jian

Opening the Sacred Field

Yunwaishang

Ni Zan washing the Chinese parasol tree

brush

Hami

Presenting Those Capable and Good Persons Who Are Able to Speak Frankly and Giving Remonstration Unflinchingly

Duan Zhiyuan

Record of the Yueyang Lou (Fan Zhongyan)

Yipianyun (Longjing)

Saohua An

Lufeng Shan

people presenting auspicious wood (Taiping Xingguo reign)

Lianchuan Caotang

Zhu Jifu

sacrificial architecture

Augment the Jade Tablets and the Pieces of Silk at the Various Sacrifices

Yangcun Yi

Dawanliu

Wei Sili

Riguan Feng

Longquan Si

Jiulong Tan (Song Shan)

Kong Lin

sundial

Jingyi Xuan

colour of the sky at dawn

Yao Jiang

Emperor Minghuang's night banquet

Jizhu Yan

Duisong Shan

Zhu Shouchang

Zhu Shouchang giving up his official career to look for his mother

It is raining for days, smoke from chimney rises slowly; Meals are prepared and brought to the fields of the east

Superior Realm of Water Crystals

Song Bai

Li Zhi

Su Yijian

Five Phoenixes of the Hanlin Academy

Lü Mengzheng

Jia Huangzhong

Qicun

Yayi Shan

Xiazhen

Xinzha He

Empress Xu the Wife of Emperor Chengzu

I Have Harnessed Brave Courses for You to Gallop Forth With

Zhihekou

Abolishing the Laws Against Speaking Ill and Criticizing

O Soul, Come Back, in the South You Cannot Stay

Cangzhou

Nine Changes

In the Gale No Trees Stand Still

Jiao Tai

battle at Kor-ping

Qingjiangpu Zha

Glowing Rosy Clouds Ascend

Ballad of Selling Stupidity

selling stupidity

Duishan Ting

Yunü Feng

Lü Zuqian

Fenghuang Ling

Qutang Xia

Shizi Yan

Wangling Shan

Yan Yanzhi leaving money

Yan Yanzhi

Cuifeng Ge

Shaolin Si (Pan Shan)

Lianchang Gong

Qu Tutong

Yiqi Yan

Shuanghuayao

capture of the rebel chief Jehangir at the mountain Hartagai

Xinzha

Kuqa

Zhugu

Wangting

Lata Xian (garden rock)

Jian Shi (garden rock)

Lu Shen

Mayi Daozhe (garden rock)

Zizhi (garden rock)

Mount Huixian

Ziyun (garden rock)

Lü Gong (garden rock)

Suoyi Zhenren (garden rock)

winding path leading to a secluded place

Tao Qian refusing to meet the local inspector

Xiao Shan

Huasuo Ting

The birds are singing, swiftly flying down to the stream; The clouds are floating, all of a sudden encircling the mountain peaks

Chihuaying

Mudan Ting

Futian Congyue

King Wen of Zhou encountering Lü Wang fishing at Panxi

Wucheng

Lüliang Shan

Wansong Shan

King Wen of Zhou encountering Lü Wang

O Soul, Come Back

Yuelai Xi

Min Sun wearing thin clothes to obey his mother

Gutianxiang Si

yin and yang

Mi Fei bowing to a rock

Qushui Hexiang

Nong Ge

Tulufan

Presenting Those Capable and Good Persons and Dismissing the Encampments and Garrison Soldiers

Diaoyue Ting

I Linger on Here in Uncertainty

Liu Qiao

Lu Cangyong

Jiagang

Trees Are Seen as Pillars

Linwu Dong

Lier Si

Tianyu Xianchang

Wusu

Old Fisherman (Liu Zongyuan)

Climbed the Peak of Langfeng, and There Tied up My Steeds

Providing for Those Meritorious Persons Who Came with Emperor Jing from the Kingdom of Dai and Adding to the Fief of Meritorious Subjects of Emperor Gaozu

Benlü Shan

Yunshan Shengdi

Yongqingxue

Penglai Ge

Liu Zhiji

Foshui Qiguan

I Gazed on a Jade Tower's Glittering Splendour

Lianwo Yi

I Thought How the Trees and Flowers Were Fading and Falling

Establishing Liu Piqiang, Liu Zhang, etc. as Kings

Zhaoyin Shan

Shao Yong

Zuiweng Ting

Record of the Zuiweng Ting (Ouyang Xiu)

Chuifeng Luozhao

Lixue Tang

Alas for the Days Gone By

purple clouds floating above the Hangu Pass

Fengquan Qingting

Xing Tan

Yiting Shan

Xiling Chenxia

Hongyuzuo

Henglin

Xiao Xiang

In the world of mortals hustle and bustle is everywhere; Alone I ascend the river tower gazing into the distance in all directions

Jiange

Hutian Ge

Abolishing the Secret Invocator

Dawang Feng

The Twenty-four Modes of Poetry (Sikong Tu)

Wuyi Shan

Old Pines of the Hall of Receiving Light

Xingchun Qiao

Shiji Guanyu

Chanwo

Chang Shan

I Ground Fine Jasper Meal for My Journey's Provisions

jade powder

Xu Yanbo

Moyuchi

wild silkworms producing a piece of brocade

rearing silkworms

Banjinbiao

Cuifeng Si

Forest Cut off from the Distant Neighbourhood

five good fortunes

White sand, green bamboo, river village at dusk; He bids farewell to his guests at his tree-branch gate in new moonlight

washing article for the face, hands and feet

Huang Tingjian washing his mother's bedpan

Emperor Minghuang playing chess

Xinyi

Jingkou Sanshan

Yunzhao Si

Empress Xia the Wife of Emperor Wuzong

Father and Son Who Obtained the First in the Palace Civil Service Examination

Liang Hao

Liang Gu

Ruyicong

Baiyun Si

Lengjia Si

Lingkunbai

Shuizhuju

Jilin

coiled serpent

Dantu

Tai Shan

Shen Quanqi

Putting on the Hundred Treasure Saddles

Cheng Hao

Galloping Through the Alder Forest

auspicious and ten-thousand-year glossy fungi (Ming)

Yingzhuan Qiaomu

Cixian Tang

Zhulin Si

Lianli Shan

Bailong Tan

Xianyang Yan

battle at Sabdul

Tao Qian stroking a zither without strings

Simian Yunshan

Taibai Lou

Zheng Yin

Tao Qian filtering wine with a headwrap

Ballad of Hitting Excrement

hitting excrement

Luli

Changhong Yinlian

Efang Palace Built on the Layers of the Peaks

ten perfections delivering good news

Lady Wenji viewing a hunt

Shanjuan Dong

Dongting Shan

Heng Shan

Yang Hu

Xiangyuan Yiqing

Three Eyes He Has in His Tiger's Head, and His Body Is like a Bull's

Lord of the Earth

Tomb of Fan Zeng

Yunlong Shan

Xuzhou

Wen Jiao's Dressing Table

Zhengjiakou

Zhongpan

Zhu Xi

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

battle at Yangi-arbat

Zhujing

Dongtian Yan

In the New Year, as Spring Began

Piaomu Ci

Huai'an

Qutouji

I Made a Coat of Lotus and Water Chestnut Leaves, and Gathered Lotus Petals to Make Myself a Skirt

Xiancang Yan

Ba Qiao

Feiyun Yan

Xue Ji

Tang Jian

Woji

image in a mirror

looking in the mirror

Golden Wind Enters the Quiet Courtyard

beating clothes

Empress Zhang the Wife of Emperor Renzong

Zhangsun Shunde

Zeng Shen feeling pain in his heart when his mother bit her finger

The River by Night in Spring (Zhang Ruoxu)

Liu Yunji

Su Shi returning to his residence lit by golden lotus lamps

Proudly the Trace Horses Arched and Curved Themselves

The Virtuous Are Not Swan Geese

Quanyuan Shibi

Embracing Sand

Linqing

Danzao Yan

Ballad of Sitting Around the Fire

Dwelling amidst Bamboo (Tao Jiucheng)

Four Perfected Persons of the Jiayou Reign

Hu Yuan

Various Nobles Proceeding to Their Territories

Huangniba

Jin Shan Jiao Shan

Wulumuqi

Yingjia Yan

Hukou Waterfall

battle of Awabat

Personally Attending Mulberry-related Rituals

duties (empress)

Xiang Jiang

My Father Took Omen to Give Me an Auspicious Name

The Grove Grows into a Forest

Liuyi Jing

Jingshui Yuncen

Woyun Shan

Granting Half of the Land Tax on the Cultivated Fields

Yuhuaying (Qing)

Zhuanhe Yi

Shahu

Discussing the Sacrifice in the Suburbs

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang playing in an ensemble

Even if the boat is blown away by night wind, it will still stay at the shallow water by the blooming reeds

Luoshe

Yuewang Gongdian

In a lone boat, an old man, in bamboo hat and straw cloak; Fishing alone, in the cold river snow

Tanzhe Shan

Xiuyun Si

Yang Huizhi

Li Fang

Wei Pi

Zhu Ang

Wu Yuncheng

Song Qi

Zanning

gathering of the nine elders

Li Yun

Zhang Haowen

From All Your Land, by Every Road

Shedu

Hanshan Si

Feng Qiao

Yuntai Shan

Jiuweng Yan

Miscellaneous Notes by Dongpo (Su Shi)

Wuming Si

Liangjiazhuang Yi

My Nü Xu Was Fearful and Clung to Me Imploringly

Benniu

Cranes nestle all around the pines; Visitors seldom call on my wicker gate

Tangquan (Huang Shan)

Haopu Jianxiang

Record of the Xiyu Ting (Su Shi)

The Mantis Catching the Cicada

Lüliang Pubu

Dizhu Cliff

In Praise of the Orange Tree

Balikun

Hualin Yuan

Baoying

Xu Heng

Ning Qi Sang as He Fed His Ox at Evening

Ruhuangbao

Wenzheng Shan

Xuediandiao

Jingji Shanzhuang

O Soul, Come Back, in the North You May Not Stay

Abolishing the Land Tax

Bailuquan An

Zhangren Feng

Binghu Jing

Zheng Xunyu

Zhao Jing

Zheng Yuqing

Gao Ying

Seven Sages (Zhenyuan)

Lu Zhi

Jia Dan

Du Huangshang

Liang Xi

Kuaiji Shan

An Account of a Painting (Han Yu)

Tianxiangshenchu Tang

Spring in the River Land

Li Jiao

Laozi teaching Yin Xi the classic

The Great Summons

Caishi Ji

When the Farmer Rests His Plough and Moves About in Idleness, I Fear That Field and Meadow Will Be Overgrown with Weeds

Abrogating All the Statutes and Orders for the Arresting of Wives and Children and Punishing Them with the Criminal

In the mountain it rains through the night; On the top of tree branches torrential springs are gushing out

Wushu Qingliang

Jixiang An

Jiedai Si

Loumen

Fanying Ge

Emperor Wen of Han personally tasting his mother's medicine

Rhapsody of the Fen River in the Past

Songyue Si

Han Bai

Songyang Shuyuan

My hands sweep over the five strings; My eyes bid farewell to homing geese

shelled animal

O Soul, Go Not to the South

Dongganjian

Zhao Yanzhao

The morning breeze brings the plum's fragrance into my sleeves, but no one joins me to chant about the sprig of spring

Su Xun

Three Su

Shuanghu Jiajing

Jinhua Dongyuan Tian (Jinhua Shan)

Great Wall

Shenyunshi

Jiao Sui

Cui Zongzhi

He Zhizhang

Zhang Xu

Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup

Li Shizhi

Su Jin

Li Jin

Huanxiang Xie

Di Renjie

Crossing the River

Jing Shan

Wang Xizhi writing on a fan

In the Furnishings of the Chamber

Yangliuqing

Xiaochibi

Shuiliu Yunzai

Songhe Qingyue

Wuwei Guan

Tuyue Feng

Xi Yuan

Huanyuan Guan

Pengze

Shizi Feng

Zhangjiawan

wind instrument

Li Yi

Tiancheng Si

Emperor Shenzong of Song

autumn sound

Rhapsody on the Sounds of Autumn (Ouyang Xiu)

peace and safety year after year

The Green Stalks Fly with the Wind

Empress Wang the Wife of Emperor Xianzong

The Perils of the Shu Road (Li Bai)

Empress Qian the Wife of Emperor Yingzong

Guazhou

Song Shan

ten suns

O Soul, Come Back, in the East You Cannot Abide

Shixin Feng

Grieving at the Eddying Wind

Tao Qian untying the seal ribbon and leaving the official position

The broken bridge, no planks are seen; The fallen willow, new branches grow

The mountain rocks are built on the traveller's face; The clouds grow next to the horse's head

Cui Shi

Huo Qubing's Victorious Return

Huo Qubing

Ban Zhao teaching

Zhijing Yundi

The Outpouring of Sad Thoughts

Huishan Si

Longhongjian

practising martial arts

Emperor Xuanzong of Ming practising martial arts

Zuoxiaohan

Emperor Guangzong of Song

Shutting his door, he is devoted to books for years and months; The pines he planted all have grown old, and their barks look like dragon-scales

Han Yu

The tall bamboo by the house grow dense; The autumn flowers accompany the sparse fence

No wonder his poetic ideas purify my bones; His house faces the flowing cold water and the snow-covered mountain

Qianxiang Si

Zhangsun Wuji

Chujiu Yan

Zhenhai Si

Gutengwu

Yili

At sunset I am drinking by the pond; A fresh breeze is coming through the pines

the new year ushers in a renewal and a change of fortune

Zhou Chu killing the flood dragon

Zhou Chu

I Walked My Horses Through the Marsh's Orchid-Covered Margin