鱼的快乐 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	鱼的快乐
品名（英）	The Pleasures of Fishes
入馆年号	1947年，47.18.10
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Zhou Dongqing【13 至 13】【中国人】
创作年份	公元 1291
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 12 1/8 x 19 ft 4 英寸 (30.8 厘米 x 593.7 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 12 5/8 x 441 3/4 英寸 (32.1 x 1122 厘米)
介绍（中）	周冬青是闻天祥（1236–1283）的朋友，闻天祥是著名的宋人，也是江泗人。周的画灵感来自道教经典《庄子》（约公元前4世纪）中的一段话，其中庄子在河边散步时说："看看这些小鲤鱼是怎么出来的，它们想飞到哪里就飞到哪里！这才是鱼真正喜欢的！"他的同伴惠子说："你不是鱼，你怎么知道鱼喜欢什么？"，"你不是我，你怎么知道我不知道鱼喜欢什么？" 在画尾的题词中，艺术家写道：不是鱼，我们怎么知道它们的幸福但是我们可以在画中表达我们的感受为了探究平凡的微妙之处，我们必须描述难以形容的事物这幅作品不是在丝绸上画的，而是在纸上画的。柔和的色彩和苍白水墨的扁平图案唤起了一种超然和退缩的情绪，周的题词强化了这一点。周出生在离龙虎山道教中心不远的临江，他可能深受道教的影响。
介绍（英）	Zhou Dongqing was a friend of Wen Tianxiang (1236–1283), the famous Song loyalist and a fellow native of Jiangsi Province. Zhou's painting was inspired by a passage from the Daoist classic Zhuangzi (ca. fourth century B.C.), in which Zhuangzi, strolling along a river, observes, "See how the minnows come out and dart around where they please! That's what fish really enjoy!" His companion Huizi remarks, "You're not a fish—how do you know what fish enjoy?" Zhuangzi replies, "You are not I, so how do you know I don't know what fish enjoy?" In the inscription at the end of the painting the artist has written: Not being fish, how do we know their happiness? But we may express our feelings in our painting. In order to probe the subtleties of the ordinary, We must describe the indescribable. Painted on paper instead of silk, the work's muted colors and flat patterns of pale inkwash evoke a mood of detachment and withdrawal, which Zhou's inscription reinforces. Born in Linjiang, not far from the Daoist center at Mount Longhu (Dragon Tiger Mountain), Zhou may have been strongly influenced by Daoism.