biography
pronunciation:
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| lived:
| (699–759)
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| biography:
| Poet and painter of the T'ang dynasty, born in Ch'i-hsien, NEC China. An ardent Buddhist, he is best known as one of the first to paint landscapes, which he executed in ink monochrome, and as the founder of the Southern school of painter-poets. |
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