Qin Bingwen [Ch’in Ping-wen] 秦柄文
(1803-73)

“Landscape after Wang Meng”
倣王蒙山水

Hanging scroll, ink and color on paper
105.0 x 40.0 cm. (41 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)

Inscription:
“Done in emulation of the surviving ideas of Huang-hao Shan-ch’iao (Wang Meng). Shu-ming (Wang Meng) and Yuan-chen (Ni Tsan) were friends. Shu-ming’s destiny avoided the sparseness of Yan-chen, but when complete, the brush and inkwork of Yuan-chen’s sparse fields and by-ways were extremely dense, while the brush and inkwork of Shu-ming’s dense fields and by-ways were very sparse. The two masters were still different while yet being the same. But those who haven’t gone to the Yueh-yang Pavilion, and personally seen immortal Lu playing his flute, should rein in and stop, cover and (put out) the lamp, for (otherwise) within mistakes there will be mistakes.
Painted and inscribed by Ch’in Ping-wen, called I-t’ing.”

Painted and inscribed by Ch’in Ping-wen, called I-t’ing.”