Copy of Tang Yin’s Portrait of Wu Cailuan

According to the tale written by Pei Xing, the scholar Wen Xiao was financially unable after his marriage with the fairy Cailian and the latter had to copy the book Tang Yun (The Rhymes of Tang) for a living. The couple later moved to a village in Jiangxi, where they “taught in total children of dozens”. In the piece, Cailian was seen holding a book and playing with a child as in the tale.