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Bodhidharma Crossing the Yangzi on a Reed

蘆葉達磨圖

1300s

China, Yuan dynasty

(1271-1368)

Hanging scroll; ink on paper

Overall: 175 x 38.5 cm (68 7/8 x 15 3/16 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1964.44

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Description

Bodhidharma was a legendary Indian monk who is said to have transmitted the Chan (or Zen) doctrine from India to China in the 6th century. The inscribed poem is by the priest Liaoan Qingyu (1288–1363) and reads: "Wind rises from the reed flowers, the waves are high, / It's a long way to go beyond the cliff of the Shaoshi mountain, / Above the worlds of kalpas a flower is opening into five petals, / So that your barefoot heels are just fine for the whipping rattans."

Inscriptions

Inscription

Poem and 2 seals of Liao’an Qingyu 了庵清欲(1288–1363). Poem by the priest Liao’an Qingyu: The wind sweeps through the blooming reeds and stirs the waves high. There is still a long way to the cliff of Mt. Shaoshi. Beyond the world of kalpas, a flower blossoms into five petals. My fleeting feet could not forestall the whipping by a rattan cane. 蘆花風起浪頭高，少室岩前去路遙。劫外一花開五葉，腳跟正好喫藤條。

Citations

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 261 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 261 archive.org

The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 346 archive.org

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ju-hsi Chou, and Anita Chung. Silent poetry: Chinese paintings from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2015. Reproduced: p. 114-116

Exhibition history

Asia House Gallery, New York, 1963: Lee, Tea Taste, cat. no. 3.

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968: Lee and Ho, Yüan, cat. no. 209.

Asia House Gallery, New York, 1974: Lee, Colors of Ink, cat. no. 24.

Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981: Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting, cat. no. 99, p. 124.

Nara National Museum, Japan (2/21-3/29/98); Suntory Museum of Art, Tokyo (4/28-6/21/98) "Highlights of Asian Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art" p. 48, cat. no. 25

Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 119); October 29, 2003 - March 15, 2004.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London (10/26/2013 - 1/19/2014): "Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700 - 1900", ex. cat. no. 50, p. 226-227.

Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art (January 1-31, 1965).

The Colors of Ink. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 9-May 12, 1974).

Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (November 7, 1980-January 4, 1981); The Cleveland Museum of Art (February 10-March 29, 1981); Tokyo National Museum (October 4-November 17, 1982).

Suibokuga: Japanese Ink Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 1, 1985-February 24, 1986).

Highlights of Asian Paintings from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Nara National Museum (organizer) (February 21-March 29, 1998); Suntory Museum of Art (April 28-June 21, 1998).

Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700 - 1900. Victoria and Albert Museum (organizer) (October 26, 2013-January 19, 2014).

"Greeting the Spring" – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 239, 241c – February-August 2017. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 11-August 13, 2017).

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蘆葉達磨圖

China, Yuan dynasty

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