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品名（中）	在山上寻找恶魔
品名（英）	Searching the Mountains for Demons
入馆年号	1991年，1991.14
策展部门	亚洲艺术（Asian Art）
创作者	Zheng Zhong【1612 至 1648】【中国人】
创作年份	公元 1612 - 公元 1644
创作地区
分类	绘画（Paintings）
尺寸	10 5/8 英寸 x 27 ft. 9 1/2 英寸 (27 x 847.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	郑忠，一位来自安徽的职业画家，在国际大都市南京实践他的艺术。郑擅长青绿山水和佛教题材，他可以用复杂或富有表现力的方式绘画，就像他同时代更著名的佛教题材画家吴斌（约1583-1626年）和丁云鹏（1547-1621年）一样《寻妖山》讲述了传说中的二郎神，他在四川灌口山击败了一条凶猛的洪水猛龙和其他恶魔。这个神代表了李冰的蜕变，他在公元前三世纪担任成都总督时帮助控制了洪水并建立了灌溉系统，以及一个以控制山地动物而闻名的地区狩猎神。二郎崇拜在后来的蜀国皇帝孟昌（934-65）的庇护下在四川流行起来。965年，当宋朝征服王国时，它采用了邪教，在首都和整个中国建立了庙宇。《寻山图》的第一幅插图出现在十世纪；今天，已知两个南宋版本和六个明代版本，包括这一个。
介绍（英）	Zheng Zhong, a professional painter from Anhui, practiced his art in the cosmopolitan city of Nanjing. Zheng was skilled in the blue-and-green style of landscape and in Buddhist subjects that he could paint in either an intricate or an expressive manner, much like his more famous contemporaries specializing in Buddhist subjects, Wu Bin (act. ca. 1583–1626) and Din Yunpeng (1547–ca. 1621). Searching the Mountain for Demons illustrates the popular legend of the god Erlang, who was credited with defeating a vicious flood-arousing dragon and other demonic creatures on Mount Guankou in Sichuan. The god represents a metamorphosis of Li Bing, who helped control flooding and established a system of irrigation when he served as governor of Chengdu in the third century B.C., and of a regional hunting deity known for his control over mountain animals. The cult of Erlang became popular in Sichuan under the patronage of the later Shu emperor Meng Chang (r. 934–65). In 965, when the Song dynasty conquered the kingdom, it adopted the cult, erecting temples to the god in the capital and throughout China. The first illustration of Searching the Mountain appeared in the tenth century; today, two Southern Song and six Ming versions—including this one—are known.