Ding Shimei Cursive Script Banner, "A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near. "

Artwork Size: 126cm*40cm

Creation Year: 2008

Regular Writing: 海内存知己，天涯若比邻 Hǎi nèi cún zhī jǐ, tiān yá ruò bì lín

FAREWELL TO VICE-PREFECT DU SETTING OUT FOR HIS OFFICIAL POST IN SHU, Wang Bo

By this wall that surrounds the three Qin districts,

Through a mist that makes five rivers one,

We bid each other a sad farewell,

We two officials going opposite ways....

And yet, while China holds our friendship,

And heaven remains our neighbourhood,

Why should you linger at the fork of the road,

Wiping your eyes like a heart-broken child?