

No. 23 of 108 · A Hundred Worlds
Rock and Wildflowers
Pictures by Hu Zhengyan
A craggy garden rock rises over a scatter of little yellow wildflowers in this colour woodblock print by Hu Zhengyan, from the Ten Bamboo Studio book of 1633. Chinese scholars admired such rocks for staying the same through every season, a quiet emblem of steadiness. For someone whose constancy you value.
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From the Ten Bamboo Studio, a book printed in colour in 1633 / Rock and Wildflowers / Miscellany · Nanjing, 1633 / A garden rock with little yellow flowers at its foot. Chinese scholars admired rocks for staying the same through every season.







