Gu An (; (ca. 1289–after 1365), style name as Dingzhi (),

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as Yuna Jushi (), was a famed

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painter in the

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. Gu An as born in Huaidong (淮東 - present day

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in Jiangsu Province). He excelled in

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, particularly bamboo waving in the breeze.Cihai: Page 1845.

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* Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (). Ci hai (). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (), 1979. 1289 births 14th-century deaths Yuan dynasty painters Painters from Suzhou 14th-century Chinese painters People from Kunshan {{China-painter-stub