Errata slip inserted. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Between the thunder and the rain : Chinese paintings from the Opium War to the Cultural Revolution, 1940-1979, which was first presented at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco-Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture from October 25, 2000 to January 14, 2001. The exhibition was curated by Michael Knight with Pauline Yao.