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Artists’ Eyes on the Prize—Chinese Style

A colorful character in Chinese legend, Zhang Guolao, rode his donkey facing to the back. When asked why, the Taoist immortal is reputed to have said that going forward was actually going backward. In his signature way, Zhang Guolao proclaimed that humanity is moving further away from what is true, good, and beautiful.
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Artists’ Eyes on the Prize—Chinese Style
Professor Kunlun Zhang with his painting “Red Wall,” which is based on his experience as a prisoner of conscience in China, at the Art of Zhen Shan Ren International Exhibition in Washington, D.C., on July 18, 2013. Zhang is the general coordinator of the exhibition. (The Epoch Times)
Yvonne Marcotte
12/16/2008
Updated:
3/5/2023
EVIL PUNISHED: Professor Kunlun Zhang poses before his oil painting "Positioning" (2003), which depicts the belief that good is rewarded and evil punished. At the top, the gods in heaven welcome a Falun Gong practitioner who was tortured to death whi (courtesy of pureinsight.org)
EVIL PUNISHED: Professor Kunlun Zhang poses before his oil painting "Positioning" (2003), which depicts the belief that good is rewarded and evil punished. At the top, the gods in heaven welcome a Falun Gong practitioner who was tortured to death whi (courtesy of pureinsight.org)

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