Painting the Dao

82 ak13.79 Tablescape, No.10 – Listening to the Falls on the Painting Table Ink on cloud-dragon paper 140.0 × 75.5 cm, Hong Kong, December 2013 Four artist seals 水松石山房 Shuisongshi shanfang (Water, Pine and Stone Retreat) 如如居士 Ruru Jushi (Retired scholar who believes all doctrines equal) 人磨墨墨磨人 Renmomo momoren (Man grinds the ink; ink grinds the man) 石石狂 Shishikuang (Fool for stones) Published The Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat, Beyond the Stage of Time , i: Realised Realms (Hong Kong: Rasti Chinese Art, 2020), 130–1 Provenance Ng Kai Yuen Poly Hong Kong, Chinese Contemporary Ink Paintings, 5 October 2014, lot 185 inscr iption Listening to the Falls on the Painting Table Inscribed by the Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat on the Terrace of the Garden at the Edge of the Universe, winter 2013.