Seven-character Poems in Running script
$500
EMPEROR QIANLONG (1711-1799)
Seven-character Poems in Running script
Hanging scroll
ink on wax paper
135.5 x 61.2 cm. (53 3/8 x 24 1/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with two seals of the Emperor
Dated spring, dingchou year of the Qianlong era (1757)
TRANSLATION OF THE POEM:
The spring, clean and fresh, resembles a shining mirror;
The breeze, caressing the surface, creates some ripples.
At night, it reflects half the thousand-year-old moon;
The bamboo patches around form shadows of dragons and phoenixes.
The view makes me reminisce about the story of Su Shi;
It also reminds me of the life of Li Shen.
If they saw me urging my horse forward to leave,
They would surely laugh and say that I was a philistine.