The Foolish Old Man Moves a Mountain
The Foolish Old Man Moves a Mountain by Xu Beihong is a monumental oil painting created about 1940. The work draws its narrative from a fable found in the Book of Lieh-tzu, a text dating back to the fourth century BC. This story was later retold in the first century BC and gained further prominence when it was championed in 1945. The painting captures a moment of intense physical labor…









