Shu Lin's autumn landscape painting hanging scroll - 林紓(琴南)繪秋季山水

Shu Lin, known as Qinnan (courtesy name) and Weilu or Chunjuezhai zhu jen (pseudonyms), was born in Fujian, China. Lin was a renowned Chinese paleographer, painter and translator. Li understands extensively in classics and has profound knowledge of ancient literature. He was one of opponents of Written-Vernacular-Chinese movement, a literature reform promoted by Shih Hu (1891-1962). Lin's painting is recognized as innovative. His landscape drawings are often compared with that of Qichang Dong (1555-1636, a well-known painter at the end of the Ming dynasty). Lin's most significant achievement is translation. Although he only knew how to speak and write Chinese, with help of Chouchang Wang and Yi Wei, he translated several books from English, French, Russian, Japanese and Spanish to Chinese. An example of their works is translating "La dame aux camellias" into Chinese.林紓，字琴南，號畏廬，別署冷紅生，晚年又號春覺齋主人。福建人，為民初著名的古文家，畫家、翻譯家。林紓博覽經書，古文造詣深厚，曾反對胡適所倡導的文學改革。其繪畫自成一格，以山水畫最被後人所稱道。林紓最大成就是用古文筆法翻譯外國文學，雖然完全不懂外文，但和友人王壽昌、魏易等人合作下，曾筆述英、法、美、比、俄、日和西班牙等名著。人間那有林泉樂，此樂端宜付畫中。身處晚唐殘破局，佯狂久山[未辨識][未辨識][未辨識]。Signature: Weilu, Shu Lin wrote and signed in December, 1920.款識: 庚申十二月, 畏盧林紓識.Shu Lin’s longevity林紓長