Wu_liang_shrine_relief_depicting_xihe,_yi,_and_fusang_tree.jpg
Summary
Description |
Rubbing of a detail from the Wu Liang shrines' stone relief carvings (mid-2nd century). The scene depicts the Fusang tree, Xihe who is going to hitch the sun chariot to a dragon-horse, and archer Yi who takes aim at the sun-crows.
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Medium | Rubbing |
Place of creation | China |
References | Major, John S. (1993). Heaven and Earth in Early Han Thought: Chapters Three, Four, and Five of the Huainanzi . Albany: State University of New York Press. Page 160. |
Source/Photographer |
Rubbing originally published in
Chavannes, Édouard (1909).
Mission archéologique dans la Chine septentrionale
(volume 3). Plate LI.
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Yi
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Xihe
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sun chariot
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dragon-horse
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Fusang tree
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sun crows