The British Museum
Beguiling Women
Zhang's smooth, lively running script fits perfectly with the mood of the delightful poem, 'The Lantern Festival', by Xin Qiji (1140-1207), which he wrote out in 1994. It highlights men's enduring fascination with beguiling women:
Women with hair cascading like golden
willow tresses, laugh and chat, then
vanish in the crowd.
I look for her a thousand times.
Suddenly, turning my head, I see her
appear where the lantern light is dim.
Zhang's smooth, lively running script fits perfectly with the mood of the delightful poem, 'The Lantern Festival', by Xin Qiji (1140-1207), which he wrote out in 1994. It highlights men's enduring fascination with beguiling women:
Women with hair cascading like golden
willow tresses, laugh and chat, then
vanish in the crowd.
I look for her a thousand times.
Suddenly, turning my head, I see her
appear where the lantern light is dim.