Recluse washing his feet in a stream 1629 Chen Guan Chinese Near a thatched cottage, a recluse sits on the branch of a tree over a babbling creek and dips his feet in the cool water. A servant approaches on the path behind him with a jug of wine. The couplet, excerpted from a poem by the Tang-dynasty scholar Han Yu (768-824), reads:I sit beneath luxuriant trees to pass the days; I dip my feet in the clear waters to delight myself.. Recluse washing his feet in a stream 48902