A book without color

Author: Xu Zhimo / Lu Xiaoman
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: "A Book Without Color," containing 24 inscriptions and paintings by authors including Hu Shih, Wen Yiduo, Lin Fengmian, Yu Pingbo, Shao Xunmei, Chen Xilin, Zhang Shizhao, and others, as well as the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, along with inscriptions and paintings by Xu Zhimo and Lu Xiaoman. Among them, what is particularly interesting is the painting of a teapot and a teacup by the poet Shao Xunmei, inscribed with the poem: "One teapot, one teacup, one Zhimo, one Xiaoman." The painting is light and elegant, yet the poet uses a playful joke to metaphorically represent the men and women—Zhimo and Xiaoman.