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Zhong Kui in a Wintry Grove 寒林鍾馗   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Wen Zhengming
文徵明
(1470-1559)
Title
Zhong Kui in a Wintry Grove
寒林鍾馗
Date Ming dynasty
Medium Hanging scroll, ink and light colors on paper
Dimensions 69.6 × 42.5 cm (27.4 × 16.7 in)
institution QS:P195,Q540668
Accession number
故-畫-000522-00000
Place of creation China during the Ming dynasty
Notes

Ge Hong in his Master Embracing Simplicity of the Eastern Jin period states that demons, spirits, monsters, and ominous creatures haunt the forests. As a result, the spiritual prowess of the martial Zhong Kui, the demon-queller, is most needed there. This serves as the source of "Zhong Kui in a wintry grove." However, in the Ming dynasty, literati-artists such as Wen Zhengming and Qian Gu (1508-after 1578) often substituted an official's tablet for Zhong Kui's sword. In doing so, the image of a military figure in a sword dance from the old days was transformed into the prototype for a "scholar's Zhong Kui."

— National Palace Museum

東晉葛洪《抱朴子》言林中每多魑魅魍魎等輩出沒，為鍾馗最需用武之地，發展出「寒林鍾馗」圖式，但明代的文人畫家如文徵明、錢穀（1508-1578之後）等，多以笏板取代寶劍，一改昔日舉劍揮舞的武官形象，演變成「文相鍾馗」典型。

— 國立故宮博物院
References
Source/Photographer Expressions of Humor in Chinese Painting and Calligraphy (exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum.

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