Recluse washing his feet in a stream
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 springs to delight myself.
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