Hu Zhengyan
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Hu Zhengyan was a Chinese artist, printmaker and publisher. He worked in calligraphy, traditional Chinese painting, and seal-carving, but was primarily a publisher, producing academic texts as well as
One of Hu Zhengyan's personal seals
Hu's former residence in Xiuning
Examples of Hu Zhengyan's seal carving
Fruit (Persimmon and Three Yellow Tangerines) from the Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, showing the colour gradation achieved through Hu Zhengyan's printing methods.
Chongzhen Emperor
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The Chongzhen Emperor, temple name Ming Sizong, personal name Zhu Youjian, courtesy name Deyue, was the 17th and last emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1627 to 1644. He succeeded his elder br
Hu Zhengyan
…fasting and prayer. He presented his creation with an essay, the Great Exhortation of the Seal (Dabao Zhen, 大寶箴), in which he bemoaned the loss of the Chongzhen Emperor's seal and begged Heaven's favour in restoring it. Hu was concerned that his essay would be overlooked because he had not written it in the form of…
Ming dynasty porcelain bowl, Chongzhen reign period
The Chongzhen Emperor Slays One of His Daughters, from Martino Martini's De Bello Tartarico Historia (1655)
A modern replacement of the tree from which the Chongzhen Emperor was said to have hanged himself
Cannon forged during Chongzhen's reign, 1633