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The Two River Princesses
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Two Chinese ladies walking on water, they are the princesses of the river: Gao and Juei, daughters of Emperor Shun. After their father's death, they were so overcome with grief that they drowned themselves in the Shang river. With two poems.
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Credit lineDe twee rivier prinsessen. c. 1828. Yashima Gakutei. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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