Immortals Playing Weiqi on Penglai
Artist: Leng Qian, 14th century
Medium: Ink and color on silk
Dimensions: H x W: 29.6 x 100.2 cm (11 5/8 x 39 7/16 in)
Type: Painting
Origin: China
Topic: landscape, playing, chess, Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911), Penglai, pavilion, immortals, lake, China, blue-and-green style, Chinese Art
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date: 18th century
Period: Qing dynasty (清代)
Accession Number: F1911.188
Data Source:Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
冷谦,元末明代著名医学家和养生学家。生卒年不详,武陵人。字启敬,号龙阳子。初为僧人,但非常博学,精通《易经》,尤其是对邵雍的先天象数学有很深的研究,对于天文、地理、律历以至方书百家的学问也都非常熟悉。他与当时辞官隐居武安山为僧的刘秉忠以及海云禅师等人是至交好友,经常在一起云游。