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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Victoria and Albert Museum
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National Palace Museum, Taipei

Terms Used:

bamboo ✓

pine tree

rock

tree

landscape

bank

scholar

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

scarf used to tie around the waist

shoes

brook

robe

house

upper garment

headkerchief

balustrade

clumps of green plants

table

trousers

rivers

courtyard

garden rock

houseboy

thickly growing plants

human figure

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

plum

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

holding something

stool

attendant

roof

bamboo leaf

foundation of a building

flight of steps

enclosing wall

blooming of flowers

thatched cottage

bamboo fence

willow

storied building and pavilion

books

dead tree

eaves

distant mountain

bamboo branch

pillar

conversation

standing (animal)

spreading wings (animal)

grass

mountain spring

holding in both hands

cypress

window

low-saturation blue-green rock

waterfall

partition board

plantain

shore

utensil for eating and drinking

kiosk

courtyard gate

walking stick

child

chair

perching on branch (bird)

mountain fog or vapour

mountain path

cushion

autumn

foot bridge

wooden bridge

cloud

water flow

fog

kiosk built at waterside

birds and flowers

bridge

winter

bamboo joint

incense burner

gathering

chrysanthemum

layers of cliff rocks

holding a staff

turning head (bird)

bamboo hat

cliff rock

stone table

ridge of a roof

leaf

glossy fungus

couch

terrace of a building

sitting with feet touching the ground

young woman of an official's family

huge rock

house with a tile roof

small stone bridge

lower garment

hat

hair worn in a burn or coil

night

low table

peach tree

huge cliff rock

facing downward (bird)

Chinese parasol tree

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

head jewellery

holding a fan

pot

pond

houseboat

gnarl

pillar and plinth

vine

winding corridor

Chinese windmill palm

cross-legged sitting

common reed

stone stairway

spring

mountain ridge

perching (terrestrial bird)

flowerpot

screen

wall

bamboo tip

branch

curtain

common people

dougong brackets

rock on a slope

passing over a bridge

girdle

official

mountain

mountain slope

drinking utensil

vase

standing rock

petal

cliff face

miscellaneous trees

famous scenic spot

watching

elegant gathering

study utensils

shoulder pole

crewman

shouldering the load suspended from each end of a carrying pole

vermilion balustrade

salute

drinking cup

potted landscape

candlestick

playing a seven-stringed zither

two braided burn or coil on the top of the head

children's hairstyle

cupping one hand in the other before the chest

all peaks

shouldering a load

sitting mat

skirt

thorny branch

sparse plants

scroll

tree peony

snowpack

auspicious cloud

coloured ribbon

curio

charcoal stove for making tea

male farmer

seven-stringed zither

fisherman

swimming (animal)

children's play

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

cloth wrapper

hat and headcloth

candle

personal mount

strange rock

looking upward (bird)

withered branch

eating a meal

painted screen

Buddhist monastery

horse

fan

turning head (animal)

palace

leaning on a tree

orchid

tiled floor

basket

plate

snapped twig

two sides of a river

female attendant

red leaf

garden

barefoot

flowers in a vase

magpie

Narcissus

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

swiftly running stream with steep banks

butterfly

wish-granting sceptre

flower bud

farmland

winter scenery

arch bridge

layers of mountain tops with roads along ridges

flying downward (bird)

toy

dog

thatched kiosk

lotus

islet

foot of a mountain

withering of plants

distant peak

liverworts and mosses

looking upward (bird)

pair of cranes

floating mountain fog or vapour

high peak

poetic concept

long life (human life)

ridges between fields

welcoming spring

occupying oneself with tea

summer

city wall

elderly person

hanging scroll

home decorative item

donkey

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

mooring

round fan

holding a seven-stringed zither

kiosk on the cliff

ring-necked pheasant

fire pan

family

viewing a scenery

trunk

eating and drinking (animal)

empty kiosk

kāṣāya

brush for writing or painting

paper

script writing

cockleshell

snow

bottle gourd

hoe

feather fan

chessboard

umbrella

return journey

common quail

Three Friends of Winter

reading

drunkenness

courtyard door leaf made of tree branches

potted flower

grotto

roof animal figures

low-saturation blue-green cliff rock

man

spring festival couplets

towing (domestic animal)

pleasure

rocks in a brook

stamen

fishing boat

handscroll

enjoying the sight of something

holding a scroll

footpath

box

level ground in a mountain area

walking together

congratulating an elderly person on his or her birthday

turtle dove

playing (animals)

domestic cat

woman in the imperial palace

door

imperial garden

crying (animal)

chicken

flower container

stand

leaning on a balustrade

serving tray

son and daughter

eating (animal)

wife

moon

woman

bringing palms together

halo behind a figure

inkstone

lantern

wind

clumps of flowers

chess

Buddhist monk

ancient tree

peasantry

horsetail whisk

flying upward (bird)

irregular branches

full blossom (flower)

cliff

leaving one's coat or shirt unbuttoned

camellia

mountain with caves

accessories (dress and personal adornment)

delivering food

great white crane

cleaning

mast of a boat

bovine

lighting firecrackers

firecrackers

flower trellis

cowl-like winter hat

great peace

broom

shaved head

unadorned naturally hanging hair

jar

pair of deer

all mountains

water buffalo

young bamboo

cotton rose

mother and child (animal)

boots

saddle

riding (animal)

boiling tea

layers of mountain fog or vapour

riding a horse

sitting facing each other

lake

lone boat

nightfall

myna bird

sailing

spring scenery

wrestling (animal)

Chinese mahogany

traveller

arhat

masked hawfinch

head down (bird)

elderly man

China pink

palm-leaf fan

workshop

reed hoarding

parents

baby

wide-open house

fabric

pair of birds

basin

red-crowned crane

moon window

pair of passerines

carrying on back

full moon

rain

enjoying paintings

cliffway

hanging upside down (plant)

wind and rain

cattail mat

sparrow

egret

resting (bird)

bat

cold air

Su Shi

peak

Twenty-four Exemplars of Filial Piety

rein

waiting

mountain with a road along the ridge

Chinese fir

long life (plant)

calling each other (birds)

running (animal)

immortal crane

vat

instrumental ensemble

clappers

image of a deity

high mountain with a rounded summit

entrance to a monastery

riding a donkey

king orange

goat-antelope

round deep basket

agricultural implements

riding a water buffalo

female farmer

furnace (kitchen utensil)

decorative object worn on ears

mandarin duck

pagoda

sitting on a rock

beard (human face)

wild duck

summer scenery

viewing a waterfall

common plantain

catching fish

slanting bamboo

snapped bamboo twig

watercraft

hairstyle

bookcase

Pipa

playing a pipa

winding bank

gathered immortals

fan (official procession)

rivers and mountains

drawing water

high mountain ridge

turban

spring excursion

carrying a hoe

luggage

boat pole

travel

poling a boat

descending (animal)

two children

mouth open (animal)

luxuriance

pavilion

peach flower

cassia

fishing rod

fishing by angling

jug

plant motif

blossom

pointing

shelf

newborn animal

winding footpath

mountain valley

lone crane

lotus leaf

phoenix

vines entwined around flowers

old trunk

white plum blossom

waters

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

exemplary woman

flat mountain top

historic site

fruit

withering and falling (leaf)

Lantern Festival (fifteenth day of the first lunar month)

auspicious deer

Daoist immortal

watching a chess game

basket with a handle

paying a visit

knocking on the door

water waves

lying prone (animal)

thrush

tree grove

layers of mountains with rounded summits

travel by a conveyance

ridgepole and main-beams

Ouyang Xiu

Fu Bi

Su Zhe

female musician

vertical bamboo flute

playing a vertical bamboo flute

sea

Jiang Ge

Jiang Ge labouring himself and devotedly supporting his mother

mother

painting a picture

elegant gathering in the Western Garden

round-shaped four-stringed lute

burning incense or joss sticks

tortoise

Yellow Emperor

Confucius

learning from a teacher

autumn scenery

goat

haystack

strange peak

dragon

clear spring

pair of swallows

boat with sails

sail

leaping (animal)

winter hat

lamb

feeding (among animals)

sun

musical instrument

embankment

rudder

looking into the distance from a high vantage point

sitting alone

clumps of green grass

Lunar New Year's Day

reed wind instrument of vertical pipes

husband and wife

spring ablutions at the Orchid Pavilion

Lan Ting

arrow-shaped counters

stopping the seven-stringed zither

study

tenth month of the lunar year

plantain tree leaf

household duty

pasturing water buffaloes

vehicle

city gate

shepherd boy

incense box

bamboo raft

stem

scull

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

rowing a scull

inkstick

fish (general)

vendor

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

making a snow lion

furniture

bamboo scoop

sacrificial offerings (popular religion)

thanking gods by offering sacrifices

sacrifice to the Stove God

holding a lantern

bracelet

lion

container for cut flowers

armrest

accessories worn on the waist

discussing the Way

game of pitch pot

handsome rock

maturation (fruit)

porthole

apricot

twelfth month of the lunar year

filial piety

pigweed walking stick

willow branch

coiled branch

football

tall pine tree

crow

ploughing

small bamboo

hanging (plant)

boating

Sima Guang

hollyhock

ferryboat

ferry

passenger

squatting (animal)

midway up a mountain

painting

Eighteen Scholars (Zhenguan)

potted pine tree

azure-winged magpie

hare

cultivating a peaceful mind

clearing sky after snow

pail (kitchen utensil)

friend

poetic inspiration

boating alone

combing pinions (bird)

wagtail

Chinese bulbul

Daurian redstart

fine weather

riding the clouds

Yao Pond

paddling

oar

peeping (animal)

tablet held by official in audience

throne

imperial bodyguard

palace maid

high mountain

treasure

emperor

gibbon and lesser ape

deer (general)

red-billed leiothrix

cranes and rails (general)

various blossoms

magnolia

French hydrangea

walking (animal)

pair of domestic ducks

motif

qilin

Fire

loom

elderly woman

casement

woman weaver

incense stick

female silkworm raiser

male silkworm raiser

uncovered well

pecking (bird)

chimney

lotus petals

motif of waves crashing against tall peaked rocks

cracked ice motif

seated meditation

small water pot

calligraphy

literary gathering

villa

library building

auspicious omen

cape

Tao Qian

first month of the lunar year

drinking liquor

red official dress

bamboo shoot

leaf clothing

nobility

short rest (Human Being)

village

wine-drinking utensil

Chinese flowering crabapple

gathering of birds

bat flying

five good fortunes

reciting a poem

thin mist

dragonfly and damselfly

China aster

fulvous daylily

lizard

honeybee

Su Xu

Fang Xuanling

cupboard

Li Xuandao

Lu Yuanlang

putting on clothes

Kong Yingda

Asian persimmon

having all one's wishes

panpipes

twenty-five-stringed harp

playing a cross flute

The Stairway

cross flute

playing music

Zhibai Xuan

windowed veranda

Tianping Shan

three friends

poetic concept of Emperor Gaozong of Qing

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

Wang Huizhi visiting Dai Andao on a snowy night

Wang Huizhi

Shan Xi

small cup

Wang Wei

Wang Wei playing the music of Yulunpao

Stream in Wuling

footrest

Zhao Bian

Ciguang Si

Honoured Consort Yang

Xi'an

Ballard of Fair Ladies (Du Fu)

travel

third month of the lunar year

great auspicious long-lasting peace

bottle gourd

Saohua An

Su Yijian

Song Bai

Lü Mengzheng

Li Zhi

Jia Huangzhong

Five Phoenixes of the Hanlin Academy

Fenghuang Ling

Cuifeng Ge

purification ceremony

holding a wine cup

drinking sitting face to face

Record of the Zuiweng Ting (Ouyang Xiu)

Zuiweng Ting

Li Bai

Japanese plum

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

Hutian Ge

Bailong Tan

deep pool

viewing a spring

Wen Jiao's Dressing Table

beating clothes

Golden Wind Enters the Quiet Courtyard

Su Shi returning to his residence lit by golden lotus lamps

Hu Yuan

horse finery

Four Perfected Persons of the Jiayou Reign

Bao Zheng

Song Qi

gathering of the nine elders during the Zhidao reign

Zanning

Yang Huizhi

Zhang Haowen

Li Yun

Zhu Ang

Wu Yuncheng

Wei Pi

Li Fang

Yuntai Shan

Daoist monastery

Qu Yuan

My Nü Xu Was Fearful and Clung to Me Imploringly

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

Tangquan (Huang Shan)

Lu Zhi

Seven Sages (Zhenyuan)

Zheng Yuqing

Du Huangshang

Zheng Xunyu

Jia Dan

Gao Ying

Zhao Jing

Laozi teaching Yin Xi the classic

Laozi

Su Xun

Three Su

peace and safety year after year

aviculture

ear of grain

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

offspring of the same parents are hand in glove

steamed stuffed bun

Shan Shan

Daoist immortal land

adding tallies to the immortals' abode on the sea

computing with rods

reef

Ballad of Firecrackers

bamboo fish hamper

holding a broom

Disquisition of Four Masters Discussing Virtue (Wang Bao)

small fishing boat

shepherd playing the cross flute

wild geese flying in lines

How Long Has the Young Noble Gone

Aluo Sandong

dikes and dams

bridge kiosk

Guoxi Ting

Xue Zhai

Behind the bamboo, two or three sprays of peach trees grow; When spring warms the stream, ducks are the first to know

law

Abolishing the Law Providing for Mutilating Punishments

statue

stone stele

government office

administration

Wang Shenyan

Wang Shanggong

Zhang Dao

Taiji

Liu Ji

Wang Gongchen

Chu Jianzhong

Xi Ruyan

gathering of eminent elders in Luoyang

Wen Yanbo

Zhang Wen

Feng Xingji

Zhao Bing

Sanjiao Yan

Where Is a Good Place After the Tour

Zheng Jinglao

Cai Zhao

Li Gonglin

Mi Fu

Huang Tingjian

listening to the round-shaped four-stringed lute

Qin Guan

Li Zhiyi

playing a round-shaped four-stringed lute

Chao Buzhi

Zhang Lei

Wang Qinchen

Wang Shen

Yuantong

Chen Jingyuan

Liu Jing

By the window next to a pine I try my brush on the smooth Duan inkstone; In a stoneware tripod I boil the fragrant Guzhu tea

The bamboo shoots are broken by wind, dangling green; The plums are plump after rain, bursting red

flying flag

Wangting Xunjiansi

Grand Canal

flagpole

playing a reed wind instrument of vertical pipes

Gorgeous Guests at the Fragrant Banquet

album

evaluating paintings

ruler and subject

five basic relationships

father and son

oriole

simurgh and phoenix

brother

Luzhu Lou

multi-storied building

Guanyin

great waves

encounter with Avalokitêśvara Bodhisattva

Sudhana

Putuo Shan

Take the Pool Water

Pei Hang

marriage

Shakyamuni as an ascetic

Shakyamuni Buddha

tiger

Wang Qiong riding the Qilin

Wang Qiong

Daoist priestess

practising Daoism

yellow bird

leopard

Xue Lianshi

white gibbon

Wei Zhao

Guo Tai

Wei Zhao studying with Guo Tai

Sun Simiao

Sun Simiao engaging a teacher

farm work

In the tenth month there is the shedding of leaves

In the eighth month we spin

eighth month of the lunar year

manufacture (hemp or ramie fabric)

ancestral portrait

sacrifice to ancestors

severe cold air

whipping at the beginning of spring

spring ox

In the days of the second it is bitterly cold

whip

second month of the lunar year

Laolaizi

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

Boxie style of seven-stringed zither

Cai Yong

Sima Xiangru

Xiangru style of seven-stringed zither

dragon-forehead style of seven-stringed zither

Qin Yü

the Boya form

Bo Ya

Boya playing the seven-stringed zither

Confucius style of seven-stringed zither

Ji Dan

Duke of Zhou style of seven-stringed zither

King Wen of Zhou

King Wen style of seven-stringed zither

Yu (chuan shuo)

Yu style of seven-stringed zither

Shun style of seven-stringed zither

Shun (legend)

Yellow Emperor style of seven-stringed zither

Three Clarities

coat

Celestial Worthy of Numinous Treasure of Highest Clarity

Celestial Worthy of the Way and Its Virtue of Great Clarity

Celestial Worthy of Original Commencement of Jade Clarity

armrest in writing

bridle

various auspicious things

earring

sleeveless upper garment

good health, emolument, and happiness

asking the Way

Guangchengzi

Yellow Emperor asking the way to immortality

Filial Piety in Relation to the Three Powers

student

Zeng Shen

Confucius's disciple

The Scope and Meaning of the Treatise

tools (crafts and industries)

oil lamp

artisan

burning oil

sword

vajra bell

explanation of dharma

Neptune

vajra weapon with one prong at each end

cornucopia

chess sound

sixty-year cycle

dense cloud

Great Heat

Beginning of Autumn

Autumnal Equinox

chart of nine sets of nine days to disperse the cold

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

south bank of a lake

group of ducks

eight points of the compass

wheat

hot wind

wheat field

reaping

light snow

east wind

northeast wind

withstanding frost (plant)

bamboo and cypress

entertainment and recreation

snowing

imperial pond

side apartment

Liangfeng Chayun

layers of ravines

large shoreside rock

running stream winding swiftly with steep banks

layers of mountains with caves

rotational flow of water

beast head

swastika motif

vitality

fist-like rock

Symplocos sumuntia

winter jasmine

warm and radiant spring

high cliff

dense forest

The kiosk in the far distance is closer to the moon; The branch in a high position grows out of the dense luxuriant trees

high branch

twin trees

In the ninth month we harvest the hemp seeds

maturation (crops)

picking (crops)

flowering maple

cereal

ninth month of the lunar year

The Chinese tamarisk trees are planted in the courtyard; Not waiting until spring, they bloom in the tenth month

kiosk in the middle of water

Chinese tamarisk

yellow catalpa

blue-green peach tree

golden orchid fungus of immortality

flying in circle (animal)

waiting to be fed (animal)

flock of magpies

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

dandelion

tit

pair of wild ducks

flying (animal)

flock of gull and allies

antlers

deer friend

holding a flower in both hands

auspicious beginning

I caress the solitary pine and linger

Eight Immortals

riding on a crane

official's gauze hat

God of Longevity

good fortune

white horse

basket of flowers

private banquet

official procession

imaginary traffic

palace lantern

clear brook

high-storied building

Qingbi Ge

library pavilion

colourfully painted pavilion

bamboo kiosk

wide-open window

clear and far-carrying sound

icehouse

In the days of the third we take it into the ice house

ice

porter

sumptuous lantern

assemblage of auspicious omens

lying (plant)

broken bridge

generations

rose

an undergarment covering the chest and abdomen

brothers in harmony and unity

descendant

wooden clogs

Chinese rose

watercraft (toy)

boudoir chat

ten thousand years

unification

guesthouse

omoto nippon lily

great-peace hand drum

puppet

drum

gong

passing over tangerines

vehicle (toy)

flower basket lantern

ball lantern

bat lantern

drinking at the purification ceremony

transplanting bamboo

Dragon's Birthday (thirteenth day of the fifth lunar month)

procreation

flock of cranes

common cockscomb

picking flowers

waiting for the moon

enjoying a rainy scene

gazing at the river

watching cranes

watching wild ducks

raft of wild ducks

shade of a pine tree

listening to a waterfall

In the tenth month we clean out the threshing arena

meat

clearing the threshing floor

yellow rock

Huangshigong

Chisongzi

red pine

clusters of round boulders at the top of a mountain

Zhu Ruoji

horticulture

portrait

pestle and mortar

plough

fishnet

driving a vehicle

carter

bell

porcelain

examination of antiquities

incense shovel

ding tripod vessel ((kitchen utensil)

gui food vessel

making up

seat

festival celebration

person of high character and integrity

servant

gu wine vessel

transplanting

three snows

blowing sugar toys

peddler's goods carried on shoulder pole

pair of magpies

bird's nest

scribe

match

chopsticks

mist

duck (general)

food and drink

fellow villager

end-of-year gift

countryside

Lunar New Year's Festival

greenhouse flowers

embroidery stretcher

embroidery

chanting softly

brush pot

rake

state of being unclothed

ploughing completed

driving (domestic animal)

archery test

armour and battle helmet

Lü Bu shooting at the guisarme at the entrance of the camp

Lü Bu

ranseur

arrow

rank-and-file soldier

army flag

general

bow

halberd

curtain wall

holding in arms

freeze

Western-style multi-storied building

herd of deer

playing the shuttlecock

kitchen

Stove God

Ballad of the Stove God

fleshy fruit

lily magnolia

elegant interest

resting (Human Being)

white cloud

forest

Magu

tripod and furnace for coagulation of the elixir

Wang Fangping

peach of immortality

holding a peach in both hands

refining the elixir on furnace or tripod

grinding tea leaves

containers (house)

sparse forest

old fisherman

waking up

guest

talking while sitting

clearing sky after rain

resting by water (water bird)

wild chrysanthemum

store

performer (acrobatics)

square-shaped fishing net

great exorcism on the eve of the twelfth lunar month

long embankment

jackdaw

sound of pine trees

listening to the sound of wind moving through pine trees

fishing in seclusion

serene lake

private academy of classical learning

leisure activity

relieving summer heat

open countryside

ancient game of ball kicking

Caotang

blossoms in autumn

balloonflower

root

pine tree and chrysanthemum

strong moral integrity

bamboo fence covered with snow

forest of pine trees

granary

col

dusk

setting sun

viewing clouds

rosy clouds at dusk

Xuanmiao Guan

fresh wind

light shade of a plant

sparse bamboo

Pinghu Qiuyue

Serving the Parents-in-law

Empresses and Consorts

Record of Garden of the Pleasures of Solitude (Sima Guang)

Dule Yuan

about to snow

Qin Ruolan

Tao Gu

blowing on a fire

listen (to music)

Tao Gu presenting a lyric

literary name

Eastern Grove

sunset hibiscus

pomegranate

fragrant plantain lily

waiting for the ferry

pier

sweet gum

distant waterside

shrike

picking (animal)

three gibbons

loquat

gathering of immortals

bridge shelter

Mount Penglai

Chinese scholar tree

washing one's hands

fan-shaped whisk

wash basin

hand towel

picture-hanging pole

Five Purities

layers of screen-shaped mountains

tasting and judging tea

brewing tea with spring water at Huishan

Qian Gu

Hui Shan

reminiscing

small chest

cloak woven of rush or straw

Japanese waxwing

Japanese white-eye

flying away (animal)

green-backed tit

scaly-breasted munia

deep blue green

Qi Yuan

Wei Shui

Huzhou

Queen Mother of the West

Wu Shi

Yu Xuanming

Cui Guang

Zhou Shu

birthday peach

Four Hoaryheads of Shang Mountain

ancient bifurcating branches

viewing a mountain

living in reclusion

four seasons

safeness

catching (animal)

decorative coral

Lady Shen

Yuan Ang

Emperor Wen of Han

club (official procession)

Yuan Ang refusing the seat

Emperor Cheng of Han

Zhu Yun breaking the balustrade

making an arrest

Zhang Yu

Zhu Yun

attending a banquet as an attendant

walking alone

countryside tavern

shoal

royal ease

Buddhist donor

Western Regions

swinging (animal)

four kinds of happiness

hill partridge

drinking (anima)

fruits and vegetables

seasonal blossoms

folding fan

floating cloud

enjoying the sight of flowers

cucumber family

woodcutter's axe

fishing and woodcutting

woodcutting

woodcutter

terrestrial bird

Chinese character

heron and bittern

deep blue-green bird

insect

brocade pattern

bird (general)

brocade pattern of flowers with twined branches

fruit-shaped frame for the main motif

bird flying

frame of the main motif

precious fruit

character 'shou' motif

ruler

sewing

tailor

cutting fabric

scissors

tailoring

pattern weaving

weft preparation

equipment (textile industry)

sericulture

spirit tablet

offering sacrifices to god

presenting offerings

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

raw silk

roof tile

creating cocoons

silkworm

hen

husband

cock

playing with a baby

grindstone

Huang Shan

Diaotai

pink lotus flower

thinking of

facing the moon

needlework

plant

reflection of the moon in the water

strolling

green liverworts and mosses

island

Vajraputra

peacock

blue-green cliff face

Buddhist scriptures and texts

symbolic hand gesture

brush rest

holding the brush

Meng Guang

Shangguan Wan'er

Aiwu Caolu

Siberian elm

white mulberry tree

Kangshan Caotang

sedan-chair bearer

Wenxuan Lou

sedan chair

visiting a famous scenic spot

small high hill

listening to the snow fall

thatched pavilion

being radiant with joy

Yangzhou

Xiao Yuan

idle talk

xiezhi

grotto heavens and blissful lands

story of immortals

thistles and thorns

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

Huaisu

leaning on a rock

Tan Qiao

Sima Chengzhen

golden toad

Liu Haichan

Liu Haichan sporting with the toad

withered bifurcating branches

snowflake

returning drunk

ghost, the returning spirit of the dead person

master and servant

Zhong Kui

hawk

ant

frog

mantis

cicada

pak choi

shrimp

locust

pondweed

Chinese matrimony vine

shoal

tadpole

katydid

longhorn beetle

pumpkin

green willow

Japanese morning glory

prince's feather

winding brook

mountain villa

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明 文徵明 畫蘭竹 軸|Orchids and Bamboo

明 錢穀 惠山煮泉圖 軸|Brewing Tea with Spring Water at Huishan

清 王時敏 倣王維江山雪霽 軸|In Imitation of Wang Wei’s “Clearing After Snow Over Rivers and Mountains”

清 王翬 畫石泉試茗 軸|Tasting Tea by a Stony Brook

清 王翬 倣李營丘江干七樹圖 軸|After Li Cheng's Seven Trees on a River Bank

清 王翬 倣王蒙秋山讀書圖 軸|Imitating Wang Meng’s “Reading in Autumnal Mountains”

清 惲壽平 五清圖 軸|The Five Purities

五代梁 趙喦 八達春遊圖 軸|Eight Princes on a Spring Excursion

五代南唐 李坡 風竹 軸|Bamboo in the Wind

宋 崔白 雙喜圖 軸|Magpies and Hare

宋 文同 墨竹 軸|Bamboo in Monochrome Ink

明人 十八學士圖(書) 軸|“The Eighteen Scholars” (Calligraphy)

明人 十八學士圖(畫) 軸|“The Eighteen Scholars” (Painting)

元 胡廷暉 蓬萊仙會圖 軸|Gathering of Immortals at Penglai

明 宣宗 戲猿圖 軸|Gibbons at Play

宋人 梅竹聚禽圖 軸|Plum Tree, Bamboo, and a Gathering of Birds

明 仇英 秋江待渡 軸|Waiting for the Ferry on an Autumn River

明 徐渭 花竹 軸|Flowers and Bamboo

明 仇英 東林圖 卷|Eastern Forest

明 唐寅 陶穀贈詞圖 軸|Tao Gu Presenting a Lyric

唐 王維 江干雪意圖 卷|Snow on the River

明 文徵明 獨樂園圖并書記 卷|Garden of Pleasure in Solitude

宋 高宗書女孝經 馬和之補圖上卷 卷 后妃章第二|The Ladies’ Book of Filial Piety (Scroll 1)

宋 高宗書女孝經 馬和之補圖上卷 卷 事舅姑章第六|The Ladies’ Book of Filial Piety (Scroll 1)

宋 葉肖巖 西湖十景圖 冊 平湖秋月|Ten Views of West Lake Autumn Moon on Level Lake

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 儗與可筆意|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 風雨竹|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 有竹之地人不俗|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 寫竹破俗|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 晴霏曉日|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 懸崖竹|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 戲墨寫竹|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 竹窗思閴寥|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 一片江南雨|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 梅花翁寄興|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 簡齋詩意|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 仿息齋畫竹|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 逕深竹倚|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 輕蔭護綠苔|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 清風五百竿|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 玄妙觀竹|Manual of Ink Bamboo

元 吳鎮 墨竹譜 冊 戲作雪圖|Manual of Ink Bamboo