Painting on horizontal scroll, ink and polychrome on paper, depicting two actors from the Peking Opera. On the right is a dedication: LUO Anna and LI Yaolin's gift to Consul YE Weiqi. 葉維琪領事 惠存 YE Weiqi ling shi hui cun 羅安那 李曜林 敬贈 LUO Anna LI Yaolin jing zeng On the left is the name of the piece illustrated: 挑滑车 Tiao Hua Che The handcart This is a traditional Peking opera piece. Next comes a poem followed by the painter's name and two seals: 神勇真堪敵萬人 壯懷常欲靖胡塵 男兒合向沙場死 沵國由來豈顧身 Shen yong zhi kan di wan ren, Zhuang huai chang yu jing hu chen. Nan'er he xiang sha chang si, Mi guo you lai qi gu shen. Brave and courageous, able to fight thousands of enemies, My heart has always striven to pacify the dust raised by Hun horses and soldiers. Hun soldiers. A man must die on the battlefield, How can I neglect my country for my own life? Signed 大夏 Da Xia* *This is the painter Zhang Da Xia. Born in 1916 in Hebei province, died in 2005. In 1948, he was elected representative of the first National People's Congress. After arriving in Taiwan, he studied with the great master of Chinese national theater Qi Rushan, and studied Chinese national theater theory and playwriting. He was a member of the Ministry of Education's Chinese Opera Improvement Study Committee, a member of the Ministry of Defense's National Theater Promotion Committee, a professor and director of the National Theater Department at China Cultural University University, Director of the Chinese Opera Department at the National Taiwan University of the Arts, and Professor in the Department of Film and Theater at the National Taiwan University of the Arts. Department of Film and Theater at the School of Political Warfare. Worn spots, partly detached China, 20th century Width: 44.7 cm Length: 59 cm