Source: Dongpo painting fan
Dongpo painting fan, Southern Song Dynasty? Moon Hee, Chun Zhu. When Su Dongpo was an official in Hangzhou, he wrote an inscription and painted on the fan, which made the fan sell quickly, solved the debt story of the fan maker, and reflected his concern for the people. Later, he used this metaphor to show concern for the people's sufferings and love the people like children.
Appreciate:
Su Dongpo was a famous essayist, poet and great calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty. He especially likes painting dead wood and bamboo stones, and calligraphy is his own. The story of Dongpo's painting fan not only helps us understand the influence of Su Dongpo's painting and calligraphy at that time, but also shows us his tolerance and kindness to politics. Dongpo's fan painting is a metaphor for caring about the sufferings of the people and loving the people like children.