Lot Essay
The poem can be translated:
"A spring wind blows gusts of rain across green mountains,
(The city of) A thousand households face(s) the grasslands.
My home is in my dreams, when will I go there?
When spring comes, how many people will return on the river?
The river plain extends beyond the floating clouds.
The palace buildings appear uneven at sunset.
Who would have expected the Confucian scholars to encounter chaos?
Alone, growing old, I am a guest in Chang An."
Zi Zhen was a popular art name adopted by painters and calligraphers from the Yuan until the Qing dynasties.
"A spring wind blows gusts of rain across green mountains,
(The city of) A thousand households face(s) the grasslands.
My home is in my dreams, when will I go there?
When spring comes, how many people will return on the river?
The river plain extends beyond the floating clouds.
The palace buildings appear uneven at sunset.
Who would have expected the Confucian scholars to encounter chaos?
Alone, growing old, I am a guest in Chang An."
Zi Zhen was a popular art name adopted by painters and calligraphers from the Yuan until the Qing dynasties.