Living Aloft: Master Liu's Retreat 1543 Wen Zhengming Wen Zhengming painted Living Aloft for his friend Liu Lin (1474-1561), who, at the age of seventy, had retired from government service but had not yet built a home suitable for his new life. Wen's painting presents an idealized vision of life in retirement: separated from the outside world by a stream and a rustic wall, two friends enjoy each other's company in a two-story hall that is further isolated in a tall grove of trees. Wen elaborates on the pleasures of such a life in his accompanying poem:Immortals have always delighted in pavilion-living,Windows open on eight sides-eyebrows smiling.Up above towers and halls well up,Down below, clouds and thunder are vaguely sensed.Reclining on a dais, a glimpse of Japan,Leaning on a balustrade, the sight of Manchuria.While worldly affairs shift and change,In their midst a lofty man is at ease.(After Ling-yün Shih Liu, trans., in Richard Edwards et al., The Art of Wen Cheng-ming 1470-1559

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Living Aloft: Master Liu's Retreat 1543 Wen Zhengming Wen Zhengming painted Living Aloft for his friend Liu Lin (1474-1561), who, at the age of seventy, had retired from government service but had not yet built a home suitable for his new life. Wen's painting presents an idealized vision of life in retirement: separated from the outside world by a stream and a rustic wall, two friends enjoy each other's company in a two-story hall that is further isolated in a tall grove of trees. Wen elaborates on the pleasures of such a life in his accompanying poem:Immortals have always delighted in pavilion-living,Windows open on eight sides-eyebrows smiling.Up above towers and halls well up,Down below, clouds and thunder are vaguely sensed.Reclining on a dais, a glimpse of Japan,Leaning on a balustrade, the sight of Manchuria.While worldly affairs shift and change,In their midst a lofty man is at ease.(After Ling-yün Shih Liu, trans., in Richard Edwards et al., The Art of Wen Cheng-ming 1470-1559

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