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Heaven and Earth Glow Red
Fu Baoshi Chinese
Not on view
This painting illustrates a poem Mao Zedong composed for Guo Moruo that alludes to the Sino-Soviet conflict. Mao’s poem ends with the lines:
The four oceans boil and clouds fume with rain.
We wash away insects
And are strong.
The five continents shake in the wind of lighting.
—Trans. Anita Chung
In Fu’s interpretation, the brilliant red globe of the earth—one can make out China on the surface—floats above an ancient pine and an expansive ocean.
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