Zhang Jiafu (Wang Yong Cai) 張家褔
Zhang Jiafu (Wang Yong Cai) was born in Henan Province,China. He has a reputation as both a painter and a calligrapher.
Creator.Personal Name: Zhang Jiafu.
Creator.Role: calligrapher.
Title: [Poem by Chen Bao]
Description: hanging scroll; ink on paper (seal script); two artist's seals.
Type: Calligraphy--Chinese.
Type: Scroll (Visual work)--Chinese.
Style.Period: Contemporary.
Culture: Chinese.
Material.Medium: ink.
Material.Support: paper.
Measurements: 27 x 27 in.
Location.Current Repository: private collection, C. J. Campbell (Chicago, Ill.)
Rights: C. J. Campbell.
Record Type: work.
Translation of "Green Pine" 青松 by Chen Bao 陳豹, 1901-1972:
Heavy snow weighs on the green pine,
The green pine doesn't bend, but stands straight.
Want to know the pine's nobility, purity?
Wait until the snow melts.
大雪壓青松
青松挺且直
要知松高潔
待到雪化時
