Yang Jin (); ca. (1644-1728) was a Chinese painter during the
Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing,, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last orthodox dynasty in Chinese history. It emerged from the Later Jin dynasty founded by the Jianzhou Jurchens, a Tungusic-speak ...
(1644–1912).
Yang was born in
Changshu
Changshu (; Suzhounese: /d͡ʐan¹³ ʐoʔ²³/) is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and is part of the Yangtze River Delta. It borders the prefecture-level city of Nantong to the northeast across the Yangt ...
in the
Jiangsu
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province.
His
style name
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was 'Zi He' () and his
pseudonym
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was 'Xi Ting' ().
[中国古代书画鑑定组: Page 53.] Yang's paintings were meticulous and exquisite, in the style of
Wang Hui.
References
Citations
Sources
* Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu (). 2000. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji (). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 24.
1644 births
1728 deaths
Qing dynasty painters
Painters from Suzhou
People from Changshu
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