This work’s title is a hybrid of historical wit and modern tragedy: the satirical petition of the dwarf Dongfang Shuo and the fierce vengeance of Lu Xun's Meijian Chi. In this long, folding scroll, the artist transmutes the bitter realities of "self-abasement" and "psychological martyrdom" into vibrant, carnivalesque animal fables.
Crocodiles, rabid dogs, and grotesque fowl dance amidst colors so saturated they verge on the psychedelic. The wordplay scattered throughout—puns on "Hungry Fish" and absurd proclamations like "Peeing like a Dog"—resemble the rambling soliloquies of a drunkard, capturing the raw, chaotic essence of survival through a lens of black humor.
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