Tong Yang-Tze

Out of Nought: Not to do
Sources: Zi Lu, The Analects of Confucius
Year: 2009
Size: 138 x 276cm
Who will join me in drinking to the radiant moon?
Sources: Congratulations to the Groom, Xin Qi-ji, Song dynasty
Year: 2006
Size: 180 x 776 cm (180 x 97cm/ each, set of 8)
Mine the mountains [for copper], boil the sea water [for salt]
Sources: Stele with Inscription for Expressing Loyalty Prospect, Su Shi, Song dynasty
Year: 2006
Size: 180 x 728 cm (180 x 91cm/ each, set of 8)
The mountain rain is about to fall; in the pavilion, the wind swirls about everywhere
Sources: The Eastern Rostrum of Xianyang, Xu Hun, Tang dynasty
Year: 2006
Size: 180 x 776 cm (180 x 97cm/ each, set of 8)
Having arrived, be at ease
Sources: Ji Shi, The Analects of Confucius
Year: 2006
Size: 180 x 776 cm (180x97cm/each, set of 8)
Find work suitable to your talents
Sources: Sutras 13, The Middle-length Discourses
Year: 2003
Size: 360 x 873 cm
Cutting and filing, chiseling and polishing, pure as gold or as tin, soft and rich as a scepter of jade
Sources: Airs of the States, The Book of Odes
Year: 2002
Size: 182 x 736 cm (182 x 92cm/ each, set of 8)
A swan goose elevates itself little by little to the perfect rock
Sources: The Book of Changes
Year: 2002
Size: 181 x 368 cm (181x92 cm/each, set of 4)
To wander while lying down
Sources: Biography of Zong Bing, The History of the Song
Year: 2002
Size: 69 x 69 cm