Late Song dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty Zheng Sixiao Mo Lantu
Introduction to the works
Late Song dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty Zheng Sixiao Mo Lan tu Ink on paper 33.9 cm X 479.0 cm Collection of the Freer Museum of Art, USA
Author Profile
Zheng Sixiao (1241~1318) was a poet and painter of the late Song Dynasty, a native of Lianjiang (now part of Fujian). The original name is unknown, but after the death of the Song Dynasty, it was renamed Si Xiao, because Xiao was part of the Song Dynasty state surname Zhao. The word yiweng means not to forget the homeland; the south of the trumpet, sitting and lying down every day, to the south and the north. He also calls himself kikuyama houren, Jingding poet, three wild people, three foreign old men, etc. Once aether learned on the student should be erudite Hongzi test. When the Yuan army invaded the south, it offered a defensive strategy to the imperial court, but it was not adopted. Later, the guest lived in Wuxia and sent food to Baoguo Temple. Zheng Sixiao is good at making Mo Lan, and the flowers and leaves are sparse and do not draw root soil, which means that the Song land has been plundered.
Surviving works
Surviving paintings include "National Incense Picture Scroll" and "Bamboo Scroll".
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