An Introduction to the History of Chinese Pictorial Art
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He was very timid and retiring, and a great stickler for cleanliness. Foreseeing the overthrow of the Yiian dynasty, he distributed his wealth among his relatives, and took refuge in obscure poverty, wandering about the lakes and rivers of Kiangsu. "He loved to stay for ten days at a time in some monastery, happy enough with his shaded lamp and wooden bed. Sometimes he would take paper and brush, and sketch some such simple theme as a bamboo or a rock. These he would give away to all comers, an...d the connoisseurs of the neighbourhood bought them up at many tens of taels apiece. " On one occasion "a servant brought some silk and a present of money, with a request that he would paint a picture. This made him very angry, and he replied, I am no hireling artist, a hanger-on at rich men's doors. Then he tore up the silk, and sent back the money. " "Yun-lin (Cloud Forest), " as Ni Tsan called himself, he was known by at least eight other sobriquets "painted forests, bamboos, and rocks. There was none of the dust of markets or Courts about his compositions.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He was very timid and retiring, and a great stickler for cleanliness. Foreseeing the overthrow of the Yiian dynasty, he distributed his wealth among his relatives, and took refuge in obscure poverty, wandering about the lakes and rivers of Kiangsu. "He loved to stay for ten days at a time in some monastery, happy enough with his shaded lamp and wooden bed. Sometimes he would take paper and brush, and sketch some such simple theme as a bamboo or a rock. These he would give away to all comers, an...d the connoisseurs of the neighbourhood bought them up at many tens of taels apiece. " On one occasion "a servant brought some silk and a present of money, with a request that he would paint a picture. This made him very angry, and he replied, I am no hireling artist, a hanger-on at rich men's doors. Then he tore up the silk, and sent back the money. " "Yun-lin (Cloud Forest), " as Ni Tsan called himself, he was known by at least eight other sobriquets "painted forests, bamboos, and rocks. There was none of the dust of markets or Courts about his compositions.
What to read after An Introduction to the History of Chinese Pictorial Art?
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