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Hanging scroll; ink on red paper; 158 x 68.5 cm (Calligraphy). Gift of Wan-go H. C. Weng, in honor of Wen C. 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Respectfully inscribed by the 5th generation grandson Weng Xingqing (Wan-go Weng) in the 3rd month of 2006.","texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"\nWeng Tonghe served as tutor to two Qing dynasty emperors, the Tongzhi Emperor (r. 1861–75) and the Guangxu Emperor (r. 1875–1908). In addition to his position as tutor, Weng held several important posts in the late Qing government, including president of the Board of Revenue, and served on the powerful Grand Council in 1882–84. He also participated in planning the first Sino-Japanese War (1894–95). In the year 1890, he turned sixty. At sixty years one has passed through a complete sixty-year&nbsp;cycle of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. It is an important life milestone and a celebrated occasion. The year of Weng’s birth and the year he turned sixty were both years of the tiger. To commemorate this achievement, Weng, an accomplished calligrapher, started writing the character for tiger, <i>hu </i>虎, on a grand scale. Done in two large, swift strokes, this single-character work of calligraphy demonstrates the powerful visual effect the written language of China embodies. <p></p>","remarks":"The Art of Calligraphy in Asia Rotation April 2017"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<font color=\"#7030a0\"><span lang=\"EN\">1902–&nbsp;Weng Tonghe, 1830–1904 (China), by inheritance to Wan-go H.C. Weng (Lyme, NH).<br>&nbsp;–2006&nbsp;Wan-go H.C. Weng (Lyme, NH), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2006.<br></span></font><font color=\"#7030a0\"></font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font><font color=\"#7030a0\">\n</font>","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1902,"sortnumber":"2006   26","published_date":"2026-04-16 02:01:09.050427","objectid":42733,"dimensions":"Calligraphy: 158 x 68.5 cm. 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