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[[File:Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains.jpg|thumb|''Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains'' by [[Zhao Cangyun]].]]
'''Liu Chen''' (劉晨) and '''Ruan Zhao''' () were [[Chinese mythology|semi-legendary]] figures active during the [[Han dynasty]], known for their trip to [[Tiantai Mountain]]. First described in the early fifth-century ''[[zhiguai]]'' anthology ''Youming lu'' (), the legend of Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao has been depicted in paintings, plays, and poetry.
==Synopsis==
The legend of Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao was first described in the ''[[zhiguai]]'' anthology ''Youming lu'' (), whose authorship is attributed to Liu Yiqing (403–444). It is recollected in the ''[[Taiping Yulan]]''. In [[AD 62|the fifth year]] of the [[Emperor Ming of Han|Yongping Emperor]], [[Shengzhou]] natives Liu Chen (劉晨) and Ruan Zhao () head to [[Tiantai Mountain]] to procure medicinal herbs, whereupon they encounter a couple of beautiful maidens in a valley of peach blossoms. They cohabit with them but begin to feel homesick after half a year. However, Liu and Ruan return home discover that hundreds of years have elapsed after meeting their seventh-generation grandchildren. In [[AD 383|the eighth year]] of the [[Taiyuan]] reign of the [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Jin dynasty]], Liu and Ruan disappear again, this time apparently forever.
==Depictions==
Painted on a [[Cizhou ware]] pillow, dating back to the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] and currently housed at the [[Palace Museum, Beijing|Palace Museum]] in [[Beijing]], are "two gentlemen crossing a bridge and walking towards a cloudy ravine"; according to scholar Li Qingquan, the two men are Liu and Ruan. The [[Yuan dynasty]] playwright Wang Ziyi () adapted the story into a play titled ''Liu Chen Ruan Zhao wu ru taoyuan'' or ''Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Strayed into the Land of Peach Blossoms'' (). Yuan painter [[Zhao Cangyun]]'s "most famous painting" is on the [[handscroll]] ''Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains'' (), which has been on display at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] since September 1999; the handscroll also features inscriptions by Zhao and is accompanied by [[colophon]]s by Zhao Heqin (), Hua Youwu (), Yao Guangxiao (), and Song Yong ().<ref></ref>
==Allusions==
The previously unpublished autobiographical account of Zhang Daye's (1854–?) life during and after the [[Taiping Rebellion]]—whose manuscript was rediscovered and translated into English by Xiaofei Tian as ''The World of a Tiny Insect'' in 2013—begins thus: }} Tian writes that Zhang's "deliberate discursive choice" of evoking the legend of Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao with the phrase "trip to Tiantai" serves to create an "ironic reversal of the idyllic, if legendary, past"; moreover, while Zhang did pass by the mountain, his final destination was his friend Yuan Jichuan's residence in [[Shaoxing]].
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'''Liu Chen''' (劉晨) and '''Ruan Zhao''' () were [[Chinese mythology|semi-legendary]] figures active during the [[Han dynasty]], known for their trip to [[Tiantai Mountain]]. First described in the early fifth-century ''[[zhiguai]]'' anthology ''Youming lu'' (), the legend of Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao has been depicted in paintings, plays, and poetry.
==Synopsis==
The legend of Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao was first described in the ''[[zhiguai]]'' anthology ''Youming lu'' (), whose authorship is attributed to Liu Yiqing (403–444). It is recollected in the ''[[Taiping Yulan]]''. In [[AD 62|the fifth year]] of the [[Emperor Ming of Han|Yongping Emperor]], [[Shengzhou]] natives Liu Chen (劉晨) and Ruan Zhao () head to [[Tiantai Mountain]] to procure medicinal herbs, whereupon they encounter a couple of beautiful maidens in a valley of peach blossoms. They cohabit with them but begin to feel homesick after half a year. However, Liu and Ruan return home discover that hundreds of years have elapsed after meeting their seventh-generation grandchildren. In [[AD 383|the eighth year]] of the [[Taiyuan]] reign of the [[Jin dynasty (266–420)|Jin dynasty]], Liu and Ruan disappear again, this time apparently forever.
==Depictions==
Painted on a [[Cizhou ware]] pillow, dating back to the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]] and currently housed at the [[Palace Museum, Beijing|Palace Museum]] in [[Beijing]], are "two gentlemen crossing a bridge and walking towards a cloudy ravine"; according to scholar Li Qingquan, the two men are Liu and Ruan. The [[Yuan dynasty]] playwright Wang Ziyi () adapted the story into a play titled ''Liu Chen Ruan Zhao wu ru taoyuan'' or ''Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Strayed into the Land of Peach Blossoms'' (). Yuan painter [[Zhao Cangyun]]'s "most famous painting" is on the [[handscroll]] ''Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains'' (), which has been on display at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] since September 1999; the handscroll also features inscriptions by Zhao and is accompanied by [[colophon]]s by Zhao Heqin (), Hua Youwu (), Yao Guangxiao (), and Song Yong ().<ref></ref>
==Allusions==
The previously unpublished autobiographical account of Zhang Daye's (1854–?) life during and after the [[Taiping Rebellion]]—whose manuscript was rediscovered and translated into English by Xiaofei Tian as ''The World of a Tiny Insect'' in 2013—begins thus: }} Tian writes that Zhang's "deliberate discursive choice" of evoking the legend of Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao with the phrase "trip to Tiantai" serves to create an "ironic reversal of the idyllic, if legendary, past"; moreover, while Zhang did pass by the mountain, his final destination was his friend Yuan Jichuan's residence in [[Shaoxing]].
==References==
===Citations===
===Bibliography===
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[[Category:Male characters in literature]]
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