The Chinese Explorer Zhang Qian on a Raft
Maejima Sōyū Japanese
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This bearded Chinese gentleman is Zhang Qian, a legendary explorer from the second century bce. Zhang was immortalized in a Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) poem that tells of his riding a log raft to the source of the Yellow River, only to find himself floating in the Milky Way.
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