[updated October 2022]
Four-Paneled Screen: Four-Line Poem
屏 风： 绝 句
屏 风 周 昉 画 纤 腰
岁 久 丹 青 色 半 销。
斜 倚 玉 窗 鸾 发 女
拂 尘 犹 自 妒 娇 娆。
Ping Feng: Jue Ju
Ping feng zhou fang hua xian yao
Sui jiu dan qing se ban xiao.
Xie yi yu chuang luan fa nu
Fu chen you zi du jiao rao.
Four-Panelled Screen: Four-Line Poem
This ping feng has pretty ladies brightly painted by artist Zhou Fang
Many years old, the red and green colors are half-way faded and gone.
Leaning through a jade-like window, another lady with a luanfa hair style
Jealous after dusting and cleaning, the painting emerges more enchanting and beautiful.
Notes:
Ping Feng: Sometimes a half wall, sometimes and four paneled screen used as a work of art to separate large room spaces.
Zhou Fang: Famous Tang Dynasty painter of pretty ladies on a ping feng.
Luanfa hair style: Luan is a legendary bird like the phoenix, which represents the female spirit. This hairdo was most likely a central bun, spiraling upward and held in place by gold hairpins.