Drunken fisherman by a reed bank
Tang Yin Chinese
Not on view
The idealized notion of the fisherman removed from society and in tune with nature is epitomized by this drunken figure dozing in his moored boat. The poem reads:
Punting pole stuck in the reeds, he ties up his skiff;
Late at night, the moon climbs to the top of the pole.
The old fisherman is dead drunk, call him, he won’t wake up,
In the morning he rises, frost-prints on the shadow of his raincoat.
—Translation by Jonathan Chaves.
On view January 31–August 14, 2022
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