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2023 is the Year of the Rabbit, an animal that symbolizes longevity, positivity, auspiciousness, wittiness, cautiousness, cleverness, and deftness. We wish you a peaceful and restful year ahead.
Parasol tree and two rabbits
Transliterated (Pinyin) Title: Wu tong shuang tu
Alternate Title: Rabbit pair beside paulownia tree
Leng Mei, 1st half of 18th cent., Chinese [artist]
Materials/Techniques: silk, color
176.2 x 95 cm.
Chinese
Style / period
Qing
18th century
Repository: Palace Museum, Beijing, Beijing Shi, China
HOLLIS number: olvwork380658
This image is part of FAL’s Digital Images and Slides Collection (DISC), a collection of images digitized from secondary sources for use in teaching and learning. FAL does not own the original artworks represented in this collection, but you can find more information at HOLLIS Images.
Approach every task as if you were doing it for the first time.
"Sho-shin" is the zen attitude that by looking at every task with the eyes of a beginner, you can keep your mind sharp and open.
When engaging in something in which we consider ourselves an expert, there is the danger of becoming bored, jaded and cynical.
However, if we approach even mundane tasks from a position of playfulness and humble naivety we can rediscover our spark of interest, and perhaps think of new and creative ways to live.
This concept was popularised outside of Japan by the famous Zen priest Shunryū Suzuki's 1970 book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind.