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Figures 1 “Qin Shihuangdi tries to raise the tripods.” Left Wu Family Shrine stone-slab rubbing 8 2 “Su Shi’s outing to the Red Cliff.” Register of Painting Left Over from Poetry (Shiyu huapu), 1612 edition 12 3 Spuriously attr. Li Gonglin. “Koreans.” Detail from Ten Scenes of Foreigners 13 4 Li Gonglin. “Filial piety in lesser officials.” Detail from Classic of Filial Piety (MMA version) 13 5 Attr. Gu Kaizhi. “Women applying make-up.” Detail from Admonitions of the Instructress 15 6 Spuriously attr. Li Gonglin. “Yang Guifei cuts off a lock of her hair.” Detail from Illustrated Stories of Rulers and Ministers of Former Ages 16 7 “Paying respects to Jizha” and “Holding Zi Zhan in high esteem .” Details from Pictures of the Deeds of Confucius, 1989, Qufu stone slab 17 8 Li Gonglin. “Serving one’s sovereign.” Detail from the Classic of Filial Piety (MMA version) 18 9 Attr. Gu Kaizhi. Detail from Goddess of the Luo River (Beijing version) 19 10 Wang Kui et al. “Birth of the Buddha.” Detail from the Life of the Buddha, in the Yanshansi, Shanxi 20 11 “Śāriputra and his magic powers.” Dunhuang Cave 146 20 12 Attr. Zhang Lu. Su Shi Returns to the Hanlin Academy 22 13 “Sending off the literary official with candles” [Su Shi returns to the Hanlin Academy], The Emperor’s Mirror, Illustrated and Discussed (Dijian tushuo), Zhang Juzheng’s 1573 edition 24 14 “Jing Ke tries to assassinate the King of Qin.” Left Wu Family Shrine stone-slab rubbing 25 15 “Righteous stepmother of Qi.” Wu Liang Shrine stone-slab rubbing 31 16 Attr. Gu Kaizhi. “The woman from Qi Shi in Lu.” Detail from Biographies of Exemplary Women 32 17 “Two peaches kill three warriors.” Lintel of Tomb no. 61 at Luoyang, Henan 34 18 “Story of Wu Zixu.” Bronze-mirror rubbing 35 19 “Ape abducting a woman.” Stone-panel rubbing 35 20 “Ape fighting with a swordsman.” Stone-panel rubbing 35 21 The Great Departure. East Gate of the Great Stūpa at Sāñchi, India 38 22 “Birth” and “Enlightenment” (defeat of Māra) from the Life of the Buddha. Gandhāran stone panels 39 23 Eight scenes from the Life of the Buddha. Sārnāth stone panel 39 24 “Filial Shun.” Painted lacquer coffin panel from Guyuan, Ningxia 40 25 “Filial Shun.” Detail from a rubbing of a stone sarcophagus panel 41 26 “Filial Dong Yong.” Detail from a rubbing of a stone sarcophagus panel 41 27 “Conversion of 500 robbers.” Dunhuang Cave 285 43 28 Scenes from the Life of the Buddha. Stele dated 471 45 29 Scenes from the Life of the Buddha. Stele dated 523 46 30 Scenes from the Lotus Sūtra. 6th c. stele 46 31 Scenes from the Life of the Buddha. Rubbing of stele dated 543 47 32 Attr. Gu Kaizhi. Detail from Goddess of the Luo River (Liaoning version) 48 33 Attr. Yan Liben. Emperor in a Sedan Chair Receiving a Tibetan Envoy 52 34 Attr. Yan Liben. Detail from Bringing Tribute 54 35 Attr. Yan Liben. Xiao Yi Obtains the Lanting Manuscript by Trickery (Freer version) 55 36 Attr. Yan Liben. Xiao Yi Obtains the Lanting Manuscript by Trickery (Taibei version) 56 List of Illustrations 37 After Wu Daozi. Spirit of Mt. Heng. Stone-tablet rubbing 58 38 Li Gonglin. “Brocade-shouldered piebald.” Detail from Five Tribute Horses 63 39 Li Gonglin. Detail from Pasturing Horses, after Wei Yan 64 40 Li Gonglin. Detail from Guo Ziyi Receives the Homage of the Uighurs 66 41 Li Gonglin. “Filial piety in government.” Detail from Classic of Filial Piety (MMA version) 67 42 Li Gonglin. “Filial piety in high ministers and great officers .” Detail from Classic of Filial Piety (MMA version) 67 43 Attr. Li Gonglin. “Lady of the Xiang River.” Detail from Nine Songs (Fujita version) 68 44 Zhang Wu. “Lady of the Xiang River.” Detail from Nine Songs (Cleveland version) 69 45 Attr. Li Gonglin. Returning Home, section 1 (Freer version) 70 46 Attr. Li Gonglin. Returning Home, section 2 (Freer version) 70 47 Attr. Li Gonglin. “Confucius and his disciples.” Detail from Classic of Filial Piety (NPM version) 71 48 Attr. Qiao Zhongchang. Detail from Su Shi’s Second Rhapsody on the Red Cliff 72 49 Dai Jin. Yuan An Sleeping through a Snowfall 76 50 “The Khitan Liao send envoys to court to pay respects.” Detail from Four Events of the Jingde Era 77 51 Detail from The...

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