tao chi daoji aka shitao zhu (1 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1stedn, First Printing Stated.; 8vo brown cloth, gilt titles to spine, chinese calligraphic pastedown title  to cover, no dj in slipcover, Clean, crisp; UNREAD AND GIFTWORTHY: NF/nf slipcover: 91pp. Illustrated. Introduction and commentaries by Fong. Covers poems, paintings, with copious footnotes. Shitao or Shi Tao (1642 1707) is one of the most famous individualist painters of the early Qing dynasty, transgressing the rigidly codified techniques and styles that dictated what was considered beautiful. He was born into the Ming dynasty imperial clan as Zhu Ruoji, but assumed the name Yuanji Shitao no later than 1651 when he became a Buddhist monk. He used over two dozen courtesy names during his life. Among the most commonly used names were Shitao (Stone Wave), Daoji (Saved by the Way = Tao-chi), Kugua Heshang (Bitter Gourd Monk), Xia Zunzhe (Honorable Blind One), Dadizi (The Cleansed One), etc, etc. As a Buddhist convert, he was also known with the monastic name Yuan Ji (Origin of Salvation). Da Dizi was the name taken when he renounced Buddhism and turned to Daoism. It was also the name he used for his home in Yangzhou.