Traditional Painting: Playing Chess before a Double Screen

20/12/2022 15 min
Traditional Painting: Playing Chess before a Double Screen

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Episode Synopsis

Today, we’re going to talk about a traditional Chinese painting from the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Superb painting skills aside, what’s more interesting is how it contains so many metaphors and mysteries and how it survived the treachery, conspiracy, and power struggles of the following dynasties.