Interpretive Resource

Turning the Pages: Chinese Handscroll, Yang Pu Moving His Family, late 13th century

This anonymous 13th-century Chinese handscroll adopts large-scale figures to enhance the dramatic parting of a scholar from his home province.

Yang Pu Moving His Family, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)
Bamboo-Covered Stream in Spring Rain, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), dated 1441
Street Scenes in Times of Peace (Taiping fenghui tu), Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 14th century
Zhu Yu (1293–1365)