This file depicts the handscroll in its entirety. "the artist's inscription explains that this handscroll depicts the legendary hero zhong kui, known as the demon queller, setting out on a hunting exhibition with his sister. According to legend, when emperor xuanzong (reigned 712–56) fell ill with fever, he dreamt that a small demon broke into the palace. Suddenly, a large man calling himself zhong kui appeared, attacked the demon, and devoured it; when the emperor awoke, his illness had miraculously vanished. The emperor summoned a court painter to make a portrait of the figure in his dream, and the painting was distributed throughout the empire as a talisman to expel harmful spirits. By the tenth century, other popular legends and practices began to accrue around the figure of zhong kui; for example, he acquired both a wife and younger sister. In gong kai's humorous and imaginative painting, zhong kui and his sister are shown riding in sedan chairs. A retinue of slave-demons accompany them and carry zhong kui's sword, bundles of household goods, pots of wine, and smaller demons they have captured. "
—freer and sackler galleries. Date: Late 13th – early 14th century. Place of creation: China during the Yuan dynasty. Dimensions: H x W: 32.8 x 169.5 cm (12 15/16 x 66 3/4 in). Medium: ink on paper. Collection: Freer Gallery of Art. Zhongshan Going on Excursion 中山出遊圖
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