Rubbing

Assassination of King of Qin and a Game of Teasing the Monkey, possibly from Tomb 3 of Shiziwan, Leshan. Two scenes are depicted here. On the right is the attempted assassination of the king of Qin, Ying Zheng, by Jing Ke. The story is recorded in the Shiji, and this scene is easily identified by the central pole into which Jing Ke’s dagger penetrated. There are three figures present in the scene. On the far right, a guard is tackling Jing Ke, which is difficult to make out in this case, but this can be compared with other examples such as the one in 85-37-37. To the left of the pole, the figure fleeing is the king of Qin, identified by his flowing sleeve which was torn during the action. The scene on the left is depicts a monkey being chased by men with weapons in front of a seated figure on the far left. Black ink on rice paper. From Han tomb reliefs.