{"product_id":"zk-tczk4515","title":"Zhong Kui | Attaining Great Wisdom | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x50cm","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZhong Kui | Attaining Great Wisdom | Traditional Hand-Painted Chinese Ink Figure Painting | 101x50cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn cinnabar, Zhong Kui stands with an open, brightened face as if suddenly enlightened; long beard unfurled, arms slightly spread as if to embrace heaven and earth. Freer and more rounded than usual, the lines clear all gloom from his brow, leaving the lucid joy after the clouds part—the whole work breathes upward, transparent and light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Attaining Great Wisdom\" goes a step beyond \"the wise one\": it is the deep ease that follows awakening. Once we step beyond the small self's fixations and understand that all things flow, what weighed on the chest lifts like dispersing fog, bringing great release and joy. Through Zhong Kui's opened posture the artist suggests cultivation lies nowhere else but in the very moment we let go of rigidity and make peace with the world—wisdom is freedom. Painted in the spare freehand (xieyi) manner, the work uses bold, economical strokes in which ink and cinnabar range from dense to pale, bringing Zhong Kui to life in just a few assured marks. The figure is delightfully exaggerated yet disciplined, weaving a contemporary, good-humored spirit into the folk tradition of the demon-quelling, blessing-bringing deity—at once solemn and playful. In Chinese folklore the cinnabar-red Zhong Kui guards the home and wards off evil; the artist revitalizes this age-old theme in freehand spirit. Each piece is an original, non-reproducible hand-painted work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSize: approx. 101×50cm (4.5 square chi) | Traditional hand-painted Chinese ink figure painting | On paper\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Treascol Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47472699605180,"sku":"TCzk4515","price":6900.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/6291\/0652\/files\/8b0b3c283f699fa4da92b93cc7f56baa.jpg?v=1789294538","url":"https:\/\/treascol.com\/en\/products\/zk-tczk4515","provider":"Treasure Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}