Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting, Vol. 1 (1868) - Page 15

Half-Straw original: 半菅 (Ban Jian); a pseudonym or sobriquet used by the artist, often suggesting a humble or recluse-like identity.

Humble Mound original: 丘拙 (Qiu Zhuo); another self-deprecating sobriquet common among the literati, literally "Clumsy Hill."

Willow Garden original: 柳園 (Liu Yuan); likely the name of the artist's studio or the specific location depicted in the scene.

Stone Path original: 石道 (Shi Dao); a descriptive label identifying the rugged walkway within the painting.

The Figure original: 人 (ren); literally "person," used here to identify the solitary walker in the landscape.

Yi original: 嶧 (Yi); the personal name of the artist responsible for this specific composition.

Painted original: 畫 (hua); indicates that the preceding names refer to the creator of the artwork.

The text on this page consists of calligraphic labels scattered within a fan-shaped landscape painting. In the tradition of the "Mustard Seed Garden Manual," these labels serve both to identify the artist and to guide the student in understanding the components of the composition, such as the path and the focal figure.