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Hakui Shukusei@”ŒˆΞEfΔ
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Ch: Boyi Shuqi. Brothers who lived during the late Shang - early Zhou periods, who were praised by Confucius for declining to serve Zhou Emperor Wu (Jp: Bu •) out of loyalty to Shang Emperor Zhou (Jp: Chuu γ@). They retired to Mt Shouyang Žρ—z, subsisted briefly on edible ferns warabi εN, and eventually died of starvation. Hakui Shukusei were eulogized in the Shiji (Jp:SHIKI Žj‹L; Records of the Historian) by Si Maqian (Jp: Shi BasenŽi”n‘J; 145-90 BC). The pictorialized theme is also known as saibi-zu ΜεN} (Plucking ferns pictures). In Japan, notable examples include works attributed to Kanou Eitoku Žλ–μ‰i“Ώ (1543-90), Kanou Tsunenobu Žλ–μνM (1636-1713) and Hasegawa Touhaku ’·’Jμ“™”Œ (1539-1610; MOA Museum, Shizuoka prefecture), and typically show the two brothers wearing scholar's robes and seated with a basket of ferns.
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