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To Guo Moruo: Poetic Thoughts of Mao Zedong

Fu Baoshi Chinese

dated 1964

Not on view

In Mao Zedong’s poem “Reply to Comrade Guo Moruo,” the Monkey King, a character in the classical novel Journey to the West, is invoked in the battle against the skeleton spirits. The poem’s imagery alludes to the conflict between China and the Soviet Union that began in 1960. In Fu’s interpretation, dark swirling “demon clouds” obscure all but Beijing’s Tian’anmen Gate before the Monkey King arrives to clear the dust and force the skeleton spirits to retreat.

To Guo Moruo: Poetic Thoughts of Mao Zedong, Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965), Album leaf; ink and color on paper, China — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: To Guo Moruo: Poetic Thoughts of Mao Zedong

Artist: Fu Baoshi (Chinese, 1904–1965)

Date: dated 1964

Culture: China

Medium: Album leaf; ink and color on paper

Dimensions: Image: 13 7/16 x 17 11/16 in. (34.2 x 44.9 cm)

Classification: Paintings

Credit Line: Lent by Nanjing Museum

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