"this painting illustrates a moment from a short story entitled ‘tale of the curly-bearded stranger’. In this tale, at the end of the brutal sui dynasty in early seventh century china, three knights-errant lend their assistance to the future founders of the great tang empire. Li jing was a decorated warrior who wished to serve the sui, but eloped with a beautiful assassin, known as red duster lady. She met and was deeply impressed by a knight-errant opposed to injustice, who went by the bizarre name of curly-bearded stranger. The three vow to overthrow the sui. This painting portrays the conspirators at the end of the story, when the curly-bearded stranger gives the lovers all his money, and declares he must return to his kingdom far away. "
—chester beatty library. Object Type: painting. Date: 1880. Dimensions: 122.7 × 47 cm. Medium: ink and color on paper. Collection: Shanghai Museum. Three Knights in Wind and Dust, by Ren Yi
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