Untamable Mountain
For this ink - wash landscape painting featuring massive rocks, Chung Chen Sun inscribed a heroic saying from Lin Zexu during the Humen Opium - Destroying Movement, "A precipice stands thousands of feet high; it is firm because it has no desires." This inscription serves to express the awe - inspiring demeanor of the massive rock - mountain.
In the painting, the use of ink is rich, mellow, and full of vitality. The ink is deep and vivid, overlapping yet orderly, with clear distinctions between light and shade, and distinct layers. The changes are strange and fascinating, presenting a sense of solemnity, moistness, and thickness. The brushwork is bold and the ink is abundant. The rich and diverse brush - ink techniques exude a captivating sense of power.
The faintly visible trees at the foot of the mountain further accentuate a majestic momentum, reminiscent of the verse "Eastward I come to Jieshi, to view the boundless ocean", as if one is standing on the high cliff, overlooking the vast expanse of the sea.