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Absorb the Past; Abandon the Present
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Absorb the Past; Abandon the Present

Qian Hui'an (Chinese, 1833–1911) · 1800s–1900s

Accordion-style album of 10 painted leaves; ink and color on silk
CC0 — Public Domain
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Leaf four depicts Tao Yuanming, carried by servants in a basket as he had an ailing foot. Tao wrote the <em>Peach Blossom Spring</em> tale, in which a fisherman loses his way and ends up in a utopia.

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