Discovered the article “A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains” by Debbie Liu via Bamboo and Jade.
I am familiar with this painting by Song Dynasty painter Wang Ximeng, after writing about Chinese author Hai Ya’s Hugo Award-winning novelette “The Space-Time Painter”. I did an English translation of that story (for private use only, without permission from either the author or the publisher), and wrote a lengthy essay about it in March 2025. A condensed and edited version of that essay was later published by Speculative Insight. I also presented relevant research at the 62nd Australian National Science Fiction Convention in May 2025.
Hai Ya’s story is a highly fantasied version of Wang Ximeng’s life, and briefly features the painting “A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains”. But Debbie Liu’s article about the painting is excellent, well researched and presented with respect, balance, and much love and care. I really enjoyed it.
Voices under the Sun 陽光下的聲音 