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七言律詩 (詠相國故居)軸
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Poem in seven characters on old home
七言律詩 (詠相國故居)軸
Wan-go H. C. Weng (Chinese-American, 1918–2020)
Chinese
21st century
2004
Medium/Technique
ink on paper
Dimensions
Image: 134.7 × 66.2 cm (53 1/16 × 26 1/16 in.)
Overall: 237.9 × 95 cm (93 11/16 × 37 3/8 in.)
Overall: 237.9 × 95 cm (93 11/16 × 37 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Wan-go H. C. Weng Collection and the Weng family, in honor of Weng Tonghe
Accession Number2021.506
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ClassificationsCalligraphy
Marks
Artist’s seals:
Buzhi lao zhi jiang zhi不知老之將至 (rectangular, relief)
Weng Wan-go bashi yihou zuo翁萬戈八十以後作 (square, intaglio)
Buzhi lao zhi jiang zhi不知老之將至 (rectangular, relief)
Weng Wan-go bashi yihou zuo翁萬戈八十以後作 (square, intaglio)
InscriptionsArtist’s inscription and signature (3 columns in standard script, dated Dec 23, 2003)
二零零三年聖誕前二日，驅車入城。杜工部詠武侯祠縈懷不去，深有所感，途中占此，貌為戲作，而其史、其地、其情、其境則不泯也，何戲之有？
萬戈翁 興慶書於萊溪居，時先高祖松禪老人逝世白年紀念之 後二日，蓋二零零四年七月六日也
Two days before Christmas of 2003, I was driving to town, when Du Gongbu’s [Du Fu’s] poem about the minister’s Zhuge’s temple lingered with me and deeply affected me. I had considered these verses I made up during my drive a playful imitation [of Du’s poem]. Yet [Zhuge Liang and Weng Tonghe] did share very similar histories, situations, sentiments, predicaments that cannot be forgotten. Should this not be taken more seriously? Weng Wan-go Hsing-ching wrote this at Laixi Residence on the second day after the centennial of the death of great-great-grandfather Songchan laoren [Weng Tonghe], of July 6, 2004.
二零零三年聖誕前二日，驅車入城。杜工部詠武侯祠縈懷不去，深有所感，途中占此，貌為戲作，而其史、其地、其情、其境則不泯也，何戲之有？
萬戈翁 興慶書於萊溪居，時先高祖松禪老人逝世白年紀念之 後二日，蓋二零零四年七月六日也
Two days before Christmas of 2003, I was driving to town, when Du Gongbu’s [Du Fu’s] poem about the minister’s Zhuge’s temple lingered with me and deeply affected me. I had considered these verses I made up during my drive a playful imitation [of Du’s poem]. Yet [Zhuge Liang and Weng Tonghe] did share very similar histories, situations, sentiments, predicaments that cannot be forgotten. Should this not be taken more seriously? Weng Wan-go Hsing-ching wrote this at Laixi Residence on the second day after the centennial of the death of great-great-grandfather Songchan laoren [Weng Tonghe], of July 6, 2004.
Provenance2004, transferred by the artist to the Hsing Ching Weng Trust, New Hampshire; 2021, given by the Hsing Ching Weng Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 16, 2021)