Jiang Gui (c. 1700 ~ 170), female, character Fang Chui, ancient Yan Dao people, living in Suzhou. A famous female painter in Jiangnan in the Qing Dynasty. Great-granddaughter of Jiang Yuan, one of the "Laiyang Erjiang" of the late Ming Dynasty.

After the death of Ming, "Mr. Erjiang" Jiang Yuan and his brother Jiang Yuanliu lived in Suzhou, and Jiang Yuan's family in Suzhou Province, Jiang Yuan, had only one son, Jiang Yujie, who was enshrined in the world and a common gongsheng. Jiang Yujie has three sons: Kang Ben-so, Kang Ben-ji, and Jiang Ben-wei. Jiang Benwei, Zi Lun Zhou, No. Ciquan, Yongzheng Seven Years (1729) Lifting People, Picking Zhi County, Good Poetry, Gong Calligraphy.
Jiang Gui is the daughter of Jiang Benwei.
When Jiang Gui was a child, he and Suzhou Zhang Mou, when he was 19 years old, did not marry and died. So he vowed to stick to the women's day and no longer marry.
Jiang Gui was born into a famous family, outstanding talent, general scriptures, gong poetry, good calligraphy and painting, the most gong landscape painting, also gong feather flowers, pen and ink sparse show. He spent his life idle in the boudoir, taking pleasure in painting and calligraphy.
Taste from the clouds: imitation of the yuan people regret the ink method, but the old paper to get the ink began to have a charm. Good paper is hard to find, and it is much rarer. The frame is fine and clean, and the flat is again, and the paper is difficult to melt, shallow and dark, quite expensive to operate, and the pen does not reach the intention, want to look like the ancients and can not get, how ugly. ”
With this insight, it is enough to know the strength of his learning.
Jiang Guinian was rare in denggu, wrote countless poems and paintings throughout his life, and became famous in Suzhou and Jiangnan.
In his later years, Xiang Dao called himself an ancient Yan Dao.
At that time, the literati Tao Zhengjing wrote a biography of him, "The Biography of Jiang Zhen girl".
Jiang Gui's biography has been included in the Qing Dynasty's "Collection of Paintings of the National Dynasty", "Poetry of Zhiting", the modern "Dictionary of Chinese Artists' Names", "Dictionary of Chinese Modern and Contemporary Calligraphers and Painters", "Shandong Calligraphers and Painters' Biography" and other books.
(Author: Lai Yang/ Zhao Songzhi)