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Jiang Wen's piece is a fine example of kai shu (regular script). Back |
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Creator.Personal Name: 姜文 Creator.Personal Name: Jiang Wen. Creator.Role: calligrapher Title: [Poem by Cao Cao] Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper (regular script); inscribed and signed by the artist; two seals. Date.Created: 2002 Type: Calligraphy--Chinese--2000. Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Chinese. Style.Period: Contemporary. Culture: Chinese. Material.Medium: ink. Material.Support: paper. Measurements: 27 x 54 in. Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.) Rights: C. J. Campbell. Record Type: work. Translation of 龜 雖 壽 by Cao Cao (155-220 C.E.): Though the tortoise blessed with magic powers lives long, Its days have their allotted span; Though dragons ride high on the mist, They turn to dust and ashes at the last; An old war-horse may be stabled, Yet still it longs to gallop a thousand li: And a noble-hearted man though advanced in years Never abandons his proud aspirations. Man's span of life, whether long or short, Depends not on Heaven alone; One who eats well and keeps cheerful Can live to a great old age. And so, with joy in my heart, I hum this song. 神 龜 雖 壽 ， 猷 有 竟 時 騰 蛇 乘 霧 ， 終 為 土 灰 老 驥 伏 櫪 ， 志 在 千 里 烈 士 暮 年 ， 壯 心 不 已 盈 縮 之 期 ， 不 但 在 天 養 怡 之 福 ， 可 得 永 年 幸 甚 至 哉 ， 歌 以 詠 志 |
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