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  • Modern Foolish Old Men paint new pictures, 1 and 2 [on first poster], 3 and 4 [on second poster] (当代愚公绘新图)

    Alternative Title
    当代愚公绘新图, Dangdai Yugong hui xin tu, and Modern Foolish Old Men paint new pictures, 1 & 2 [on first poster], 3 & 4 [on second poster]
    Subject
    Parables, Agricultural productivity, Dams--Design and construction, Agriculture, and Peasants
    Creator
    Cheng Minsheng 程敏生 and Zhang Lin 张林
    Publisher
    Shanghai People's Press
    Language
    chi
    Date created
    June 1974
    Rights Statement
    Copyright Not Evaluated
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    2 posters ; each 76 x 53 cm (displayed together 76 x 106 cm)
    Edition
    First printing of 300,000.
    Geographic Coverage
    China--Hua Xian (Shaanxi Sheng)
    Coordinates
    34.41523, 109.78314
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Data on second poster.
    Collection
    Chinese Propaganda Poster Project
    Provenance
    From the collection of Richard King.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    posters
    Date Digitized
    2011-01-18
    Transcript
    Selected from the Peasants' Painting Exhibition of Hu County
    Technical Note
    Scanned using Betterlight TTI and edited by KMercer and CDeWolfe, metadata provided by R.King and KMercer. Migration metadata by KD.

  • Bo Le examines a horse (伯乐相马)

    Alternative Title
    Bo Le xiang ma., 伯乐相马, and Bo Le examines a horse.
    Subject
    Horses, Horse industry, Parables, Physiognomists, and Role models
    Creator
    He Yimei 何逸梅
    Publisher
    Shanghai People's Fine Arts Press
    Language
    chi
    Date created
    February 1979
    Rights Statement
    Copyright Not Evaluated
    Resource Type
    Still Image
    Extent
    1 poster ; 53 x 76.5 cm
    Edition
    Second printing July 1979, 300,001-470,000.
    Geographic Coverage
    China
    Coordinates
    35, 105
    Collection
    Chinese Propaganda Poster Project
    Provenance
    From the collection of Richard King.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    posters
    Date Digitized
    2011-01-24
    Transcript
    [To the right of the title, in blue:] In ancient China, there was a famous man named Bo Le who was skilled in recognizing fine (thousand Chinese miles a day) horses. Once he encountered a horse pulling a heavy salt-cart, too exhausted to run. After Bo Le spoke highly of...
    Technical Note
    Scanned and edited by KM and CDW, cataloguing metadata provided by R.King and KM. Migration metadata by KD.