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| Keywords: Guo Xu album dated 1503 (6).jpg The painting in this album leaf depicts an incident from early in the life of Han Xin the young knight-errant seen here carrying a sword across his back Later Han Xin helped Liu Bang to establish the Han dynasty in the late 3rd century BC and rose to become and powerful minister of the empire Han Xin was born into a poor family and as a young man often went hungry Once an old washer-woman by a river took pity on him and offered him food Han Xin told her he would repay her when he had made his fortune but she rebuffed him saying she had not given him the food in the expectation of any reward Chester Beatty Library Dated 1503 Album leaf; ink and colors on paper 29 8 × 49 3 cm Shanghai Museum http //www cbl ie/china/Item aspx itemId 15 ˜An old lady feeds a hero ™ Dublin Chester Beatty Library object history exhibition history credit line This is one of eleven paintings comprising an album <gallery> File Guo Xu album dated 1503 1 jpg ˜Fuxi the maker of men ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 2 jpg ˜Shennong the divine farmer ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 3 jpg ˜Drunken immortal ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 4 jpg ˜Immortal Qiu ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 5 jpg ˜Seeking a suitable phrase ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 6 jpg ˜An old lady feeds a hero ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 7 jpg ˜Immortal Ge spitting fire ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 8 jpg ˜Playing a flute riding a buffalo ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 9 jpg ˜Mi Fu bowing to a rock ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 10 jpg ˜Northern frontier ™ File Guo Xu album dated 1503 11 jpg ˜The Creation of the Milky Way ™ </gallery> accession number place of creation China during the Ming dynasty http //www cbl ie/china/ Telling Images of China exhibit Dublin Chester Beatty Library <small><small>http //www cbl ie/china/app_themes/exhibit/img/exhibits/large/img9-6 jpg direct link </small></small> PD-Art-100 Han Xin | ||||
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