Zou Yigui () (1686–1772), style name as Yuanbao (原褒), sobriquet as Xiaoshan (小山) and Erzhi (二知), is a famed

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painter in

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. He was born in

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.Cihai: Page 445. He painted for the imperial family, skilled in painting flowers and landscapes. He once wrote a book named "Art of Painting of Xiaoshan" (小山畫譜), discussing the experience of painting.

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*Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会）. Ci hai （辞海）. Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she （上海辞书出版社）, 1979. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zou, Yigui 1686 births 1772 deaths Qing dynasty landscape painters Painters from Wuxi