Blue-green Landscape

我日服元氣　 四體自冲融　 飃飃乘獨鶴　 浩浩駕長風　 一舉凌萬里　 飛騰排蒼穹　 抗志九天上　 游心四海中　 嶽嶽景雲起　 杳杳朝日紅　 萬物生輝光　 八極何玲瓏　 達人應至變　 妙機不可窮　 一化神仙骨　 逍遙莫始終 One day I shall imbibe the Primal Ether, And all four limbs will be in harmony. Floating, floating, I will mount a solitary crane, And vastly, vastly ride the long wind! One leap up and I will pierce ten thousand miles, Soaring on high, reaching the azure vault! My powerful ambition set on the ninth heaven, My journeying heart covering all the four seas! Towering, mountainous, colored clouds will rise, Scintillating, the morning sun rise red! All ten thousand creatures will emit a brilliant radiance, And the eight corners of the universe—how dazzling they will be! The Achieved Man must engage in perfect transformation, So wondrous junctures will never be exhausted. Once metamorphosed into the bones of an immortal, free and easy wandering without beginning or end! In 1929, one Yen equaled around 45 U.S. cents, The majority of the hanging scrolls included in the 1929 exhibition Rock Slivers and Lonely Clouds were priced at between 100 and 500 Yen ($45–$225, or about $720–$3, 600 today). However, this painting, listed at the hefty price of 2, 500 Yen, was by far the most expensive hanging scroll in the sale because of the premium materials used for it. The scroll would have cost $1, 125, at that time close to the average annual income of $1, 368 in the United States and approximating the price of two new cars. Today, this price roughly equates to $18, 000–$19, 000