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品名（中）	钟若
品名（英）	Zhong Kui
入馆年号	2002年，2002.208.2
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Ren Yi (Ren Bonian)【1840 至 1896】【中国人】
创作年份	公元 1883
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	图像: 67 5/8 x 36 3/4 英寸 (171.8 x 93.3 厘米) 整体 with mounting: 120 x 40 5/8 英寸 (304.8 x 103.2 厘米) 整体 with knobs: 120 x 44 1/2 英寸 (304.8 x 113 厘米)
介绍（中）	任毅，晚清上海画派领袖，画家任雄（1820–1857）的弟子。作为一位多产的艺术家，任毅掌握了广泛的技术。例如，在这幅对传说中的魔鬼奎师钟魁的描绘中，他采用了陈洪寿（1598-1652）的人物风格在清朝晚期，钟魁成为中国人反对满人暴政的流行象征，经常被描绘成对一群畏缩的鬼魂和恶魔怒目而视。然而，在任毅的描绘中，钟奎看起来是一个优雅的学者，尽管有些古怪。他披荆斩棘，头发上插着一朵鲜花，坐在一张摆满鲜花和水果的古老青铜器的桌子旁，彬彬有礼地阅读，这张照片表明，正是中国学者对其文化遗产的掌控，而不是他们的军事实力，使他们与满族霸主区别开来。
介绍（英）	Ren Yi, a leader of the late Qing Shanghai school of painting, was a disciple of the painter Ren Xiong (1820–1857). A prolific artist, Ren Yi commanded a wide range of techniques. In this depiction of Zhong Kui, the legendary Demon Queller, for example, he adopted the figural style of Chen Hongshou (1598–1652). During the late Qing dynasty, Zhong Kui became a popular symbol of Chinese opposition to the misrule of the Manchus and was often portrayed glowering ferociously over a motley retinue of cowering ghosts and demons. In Ren Yi's depiction, however, Zhong Kui appears as an elegant, if somewhat eccentric, scholar. His sword sheathed and a blossom stuck in his hair, he sits reading decorously beside a table laid out with archaic bronzes filled with flowers and fruits, an image that suggests it was the Chinese scholars' command of their cultural heritage rather than their military prowess that set them apart from their Manchu overlords.