Gu Kaizhi
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Gu Kaizhi, courtesy name Changkang, was a Chinese painter and politician during the Eastern Jin dynasty. He was a celebrated painter of ancient China. He was born in Wuxi and first painted at Nanjing
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The British Museum copy of The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies
A section of the Palace Museum copy of The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies
The Palace Museum copy of the Nymph of the Luo River, Southern Song.
Huan Xuan
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Huan Xuan, courtesy name Jingdao, nickname Lingbao, formally Emperor Wudao of Chu, was a Eastern Jin Dynasty warlord who briefly took over the imperial throne from Emperor An of Jin and declared his o
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…Huan Wen. He held a succession of minor official posts under various leaders of the Eastern Jin court. One emperor under whom Gu Kaizhi served was Huan Xuan (son of Huan Wen). An enthusiastic art collector, ahead of his accession Huan Xuan ordered a big boat to store paintings and other treasures so that…
Huan Xuan's rebellion as of 404 AD