"The Five Horse Painting" is over two meters long, almost three meters when fully unfolded; it is quite large.
It depicts five ancient famous horses.
Next to each horse, there stands a Xi official or stableman, leading the horse by the bridle, and the artist even thoughtfully added notes next to each horse that include their names, origins, age, and dimensions.
The five horses in order are "Phoenix-Headed Dappled Horse," "Brocade-Skinned Dappled Horse," "Fine-Headed Sorrel," "Night-Glowing White."
Only the fifth horse is without a name.
According to the information Lin Mo found last night, Zhu Da is the seventeenth son of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Quan's ninth-generation descendant. After the Ming Dynasty fell, he shaved his head to become a monk, later converted to Taoism, and lived in the Qingyunpu Taoist Temple in Nanchang, excelling in calligraphy and painting.
