南宋 理宗 趙昀 行書 《長苦春來》 七絕詩 團扇|Quatrain on Late Spring

Emperor Lizong

Date unknown · Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk · Asian Art

A Song palace seal impressed on the left-hand side of this writing reads: "Treasure of imperial writing." In his poem, the emperor laments the coming of old age: How spring makes me sad! Timidly I bear the passing of spring. The young lady has no feeling for me, She treats my love merely as that of a waning spring. (Wen C. Fong, trans., in Beyond Representation: Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 8th-14th Century [New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992], p. 242.)

Artist

Emperor Lizong

Date

Date unknown

Medium

Fan mounted as an album leaf; ink on silk

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr., 1988