凌雲翰《林子山畫菜上有蝸牛故及之》“On a snail on the vegetables in Lin Zishan’s painting” by Lin Yunhan (b. 1462)

曉畦春雨細如毛，

菜本青肥挾土膏。

葉㡳蝸牛曽濕久，

詩人猶欲刺升髙。

In the planting plots at dawn, with spring rain as fine as hair,

Vegetables grow lush and plump, taking in the fat of the land.

The snail, damp for long beneath the leaves,

Is still subject to a poet’s mockery for climbing high. [1]

* From Lin Yunhan 凌雲翰 (b. 1462), Zhexuan ji 柘軒集, Yingyin Wenyuange Siku quanshu 景印文淵閣四庫全書 (Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, 1987) edition, vol. 1227, 1.28b-29a.

[1] The snail carries several symbolic meanings in Chinese literature. Here, the word shenggao 升高 (ascend, climb up) echoes in particular an earlier poem by Su Shi 蘇軾 (1037-1101) that ridicules a reckless snail drying out on its way up a wall.

Album leaf by Chen Zi 陳字 (1634-1711)

Image credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37396

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