第三百四十四篇第三百四十四篇Story Three Hundred and Forty-Four

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張貢士

张贡士

Story Three Hundred and Forty-Four · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Senior Licentiate Zhang

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: in a scholar's bedroom by day, a sick bearded man lies on his back in a curtained canopy bed and gazes up in wonder, while a tiny scholar in cap and gown stands on the quilt over his chest, one wide sleeve flung out and a folded fan in his hand, singing like a stage actor; a lattice window, a bookshelf of books and scrolls, a bedside table with a bowl and teapot, and a stool fill the room.