Fang Congyi (; 1302–1393),
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Wuyu (),
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s Fanghu (), Bumang Daoren (), Jinmen Yuke () and Guigu Shanren (), was a famed
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painter during the
Yuan dynasty
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Fang was a native of
Guixi
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Jiangxi Province. In his youth he studied and became a
Daoist
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priest, joining the
Zhengyi Dao
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sect at his local temple.
After the death of his principal instructor in the early 1340s, Fang traveled along the
Yangtze River
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to the capital
Khanbaliq, now
Beijing
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. It was there that he began painting. He obtained a patron, and produced a number of works based on his travels. He primarily painted landscapes.
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1302 births
1393 deaths
Yuan dynasty landscape painters
People from Yingtan
Painters from Jiangxi
Yuan dynasty Taoists
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