Qing Dynasty | Yuan Ji (Shi Tao) Orchid Bamboo Book, Collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing

Shi Tao (1642 – c. 1718), commonly known as Zhu, was the tenth grandson of Zhu Zanyi, king of Jingjiang in the Ming Dynasty, with the family name Ruoji, a native of Guilin, Guangxi. The gallery (please look at the horizontal mobile phone) is: Shi Taolan bamboo book, paper, ink pen, length 43.2cm, horizontal 30.2cm, Beijing Palace Museum collection.

After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Shi Tao became a monk, with the legal name Yuan Ji, the character Shi Tao, the old man of Qingxiang, the monk of bitter melon, and so on.

The inscriptions include Huang Yun, Zhu Yun, Wang Xiru, Wu Xiangfeng, Hong Jiazhi, Jiang Shijie, Cao Zhongru, Mei Geng, Sun Zhaokui, and Ling Cangfeng. Original Jilan Bamboo Album, Qing Dynasty, Shi Taozuo, paper, ink pen, length 43.2cm, horizontal 30.2cm, Collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.

Original Jilan Bamboo Album, Qing Dynasty, Shi Taozuo, paper, ink pen, length 43.2cm, horizontal 30.2cm, Collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.