Posted by China Online Museum on Tuesday, June 23, 2009,
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Calligraphy
Zhu Xi (朱熹, 1130 - 1200) was a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian scholar who became the leading figure of the School of Principle and the most influential rationalist Neo-Confucian in China. His contribution to Chinese philosophy included his assigning special significance to the Four Books (四书) [the Analects of Confucius (论语), the Mencius (孟子), the Great Learning (大学), and the Doctrine of the Mean (中庸)], his emphasis on the investigation of things (格物), and the sy... Continue reading ...
Posted by China Online Museum on Friday, June 12, 2009,
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Painting
The phrase “Pan of the south and Li of the north (南潘北李)” was coined in recognition of two contemporary painters, Pan Tianshou (潘天寿) and Li Kuchan (李苦禅).
Pan Tianshou began his career teaching Chinese painting in 1923,
when he moved to Shanghai to accept an assignment. In that same year,
he met the 80-year-old master of the Shanghai School (海派), Wu Changshuo (吴昌硕), and the two painters became intimate friends. (Read more...)
Li Kuchan was born in Gaotang County ... Continue reading ...
