The Mongol Century: Visual Cultures of Yuan China, 1271–1368 by Shane McCausland

Purtle, Jennifer

doi:10.1353/sys.2016.0012

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“…The inscrip tion on the paint ing nei ther clearly identifies the polit i cal stand ing of the paint ing's owner nor describes its mean ing. 14 However, this hawk, with its dis tinc tive plum age and sharp eyes, 15 com mu ni cates that it is a capa ble hawk of a wor thy breed (Purtle 2016); with its impos ing appear ance, it ensures the peace of its world with keen and dig ni fied eyes.…”

Section: 落日一呼煙草深mentioning

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Meritorious Heroes

Kho

2021

Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies

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This study explores the allegorical usage of hawk painting to praise a hero with meritorious deeds in Yuan China (1271–1368) and early Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910). Through an analysis of Yuan-dynasty poems inscribed on hawk paintings, this article demonstrates that paintings of a hawk sitting still on a tree in the woods conveyed the allegory of a hero subduing wily beings, such as rabbits and foxes. Moreover, Yuan paintings of a hawk and a bear (yingxiong 鷹熊) employed a Chinese rebus and represented the animals as heroes, comparing them to historical heroic and loyal figures. This article then turns to Chosŏn Korea, where two types of hawk paintings reflected the Korean reception of Yuan counterparts. One was the painting of a hawk sitting still, which indicated the hero's readiness for future achievements. Another, with the motif of a rabbit caught in the hawk's talons, emphasized the hero's successful achievements and gained popularity through the late Chosŏn dynasty. The Chinese and Korean allegories of heroic contributions emerged in response to complicated politics, as the Yuan government comprised multiple ethnic groups and the early Ming and early Chosŏn were newly established after the fall of previous dynasties. For the same reason, the hawk-hero allegory began to lose its relevance over time, and hawk paintings came to take on rather mundane meanings.

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Section: 落日一呼煙草深mentioning

confidence: 99%

Meritorious Heroes

Kho

2021

Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies

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The Mongol Century: Visual Cultures of Yuan China, 1271–1368 by Shane McCausland

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