Keywords: Refusing the Seat - Anonymous painter during the Song dynasty.jpg object history exhibition history credit line This work depicts an event from the reign of the Han emperor Wendi One day he and his empress and consorts went to Shanglin Garden where the upright official Yuan Ang remonstrated that Lady Shen could not sit by the ruler The work shows a garden with the emperor and empress as well as Lady Shen refusing the seat The emperor listens to Yuan intently the work focusing on the ruler and subject and expressing the idea of orderly court relations--the ruler open-mindedly accepts remonstration as officials offer advice based on reason and consorts act according to protocol serving as a paragon for later generations National Palace Museum accession number http //painting npm gov tw/npm_public/System/View jsp ObjectID 4507 type 1 故畫000182N000000000 place of creation China http //theme npm edu tw/exh102/form10204/en/en02 html Selections The Art and Aesthetics of Form Selections from the History of Chinese Painting exhibit Taipei National Palace Museum Custom license marker 2014 08 18 PD-old-100 Uploaded with UploadWizard Emperor Wen of Han Paintings of the Song Dynasty |