Cheng Jiasui () (1565-1643) was a Chinese

landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent composi ...

and

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during the

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(1368–1644). Cheng was born in Xiuning in the

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze Riv ...

provinceCheng Jiasui Brief Biography and lived in Jiading.Cihai: Page 1753. His

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was 'Mengyang' () and his

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were 'Songyuan' () and 'Ji'an' (). Cheng's landscape painting followed the style of Huang Gongwang and

Ni Zan Ni Zan (; 1301–1374) was a Chinese painter during the Yuan and early Ming periods. Along with Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, and Wang Meng, he is considered to be one of the Four Masters of the Yuan Dynasty. Life Ni Zan was born into a wealth ...

in its wild and natural taste. Cheng also wrote a number of poems. Along with Tang Shisheng (), Lou Jian (), and

Li Liufang Li, li, or LI may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Landscape Institute, a British professional body for landscape architects * Leadership Institute, a non-profit organization located in Arlington, Virginia, US, that teaches "political te ...

(), he was known as one of the "Four Teachers of Jiading" ().

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* * Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (). Ci hai (). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (), 1979. * 1565 births 1643 deaths Ming dynasty landscape painters Ming dynasty poets People from Huangshan Artists from Anhui Poets from Anhui {{China-painter-stub