# A durian seller enters a literati poem / “榴莲叫卖一叶舟”：文人联句来到湄南河 — Hu Chao 胡超

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# A durian seller enters a literati poem

A poem composed on a Bangkok boat trip brings tropical street life into a Chinese literati practice.

Wang Lanruo · Guan Shanyue · everyday travel

During a night tour of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River in 1947, Wang Lanruo and Guan Shanyue composed a poem together. Wang wrote out the exchange in calligraphy. One line brings a boat selling durians into the poem, placing an ordinary tropical encounter within a long-established practice of poetic companionship.

The manuscript makes the artists’ journey tangible through a small detail of daily life. Poetry, calligraphy and sketching travelled with them, and their encounters gave those practices new subjects. Read alongside Wang’s later tropical-fish paintings, the poem prompts a question about how travel gradually changes what an artist notices and brings into the repertoire.

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Image: Wang Lanruo; poem composed with Guan Shanyue, Evening Tour on the Chao Phraya River, 1947 / 王兰若书；与关山月联句，夜游湄南河与关山月联句，1947

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Wang Lanruo; poem composed with Guan Shanyue, Evening Tour on the Chao Phraya River, 1947Calligraphy, ink on paperImage / collection: Family of Wang Lanruo

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Image: Wang Lanruo and Guan Shanyue in Penang, 1947 / 王兰若与关山月在槟城，1947

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Wang Lanruo and Guan Shanyue in Penang, 1947Archival photographImage / collection: Family of Wang Lanruo

CATALOGUE SOURCE

Bali Island: Art and the World Beyond the Rainforest, 2026. Catalogue text by Hu Chao. PDF pages 28.

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CONNECTED RESEARCH

[A fish bred for an aquarium enters ink painting](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/research/tropical-ornamental-fish/)[A painting and a photograph connect two journeys](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/research/luo-ming-two-journeys/)

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# “榴莲叫卖一叶舟”：文人联句来到湄南河

一次曼谷夜游，把热带风物写进了传统的文人联句。

王兰若 · 关山月 · 行旅日常

1947年，王兰若与关山月夜游曼谷湄南河，依次联句，再由王兰若写成书法。“榴莲叫卖一叶舟”把一次寻常的热带生活见闻写进了延续已久的文人唱和。

这份手稿通过一个日常细节，让艺术家的跨国行旅变得可感。诗歌、书法与写生随他们一同移动，而新的生活经验又为这些实践带来新的对象。把联句与王兰若后来的热带鱼绘画放在一起，也可以继续追问：旅行如何逐渐改变艺术家注意什么，又将什么带入自己的题材世界？

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Image: Wang Lanruo; poem composed with Guan Shanyue, Evening Tour on the Chao Phraya River, 1947 / 王兰若书；与关山月联句，夜游湄南河与关山月联句，1947

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王兰若书；与关山月联句，夜游湄南河与关山月联句，1947书法，纸本水墨图片／收藏：王兰若家属

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Image: Wang Lanruo and Guan Shanyue in Penang, 1947 / 王兰若与关山月在槟城，1947

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王兰若与关山月在槟城，1947历史照片图片／收藏：王兰若家属

图册来源

《巴厘岛：雨林外的艺术与世界》，2026年。图册撰文：胡超。PDF第28页。

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继续探索

[为水族箱繁育的鱼，如何进入水墨画？](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/research/tropical-ornamental-fish/)[一幅合作画，一张合影：罗铭连接的两次行旅](https://www.huchaocurator.com/exhibitions/bali-island/research/luo-ming-two-journeys/)

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