A MAN OF MANY TALENTS
Gu Kaizhi was born in Wuxi, China. He came from a bureaucratic family, meaning his father and relatives worked for the government. When he was younger, Gu Kaizhi was a royal officer to the emperor of China. But he had a lot of talents and is known as a poet, writer, and painter.
A LASTING LEGACY
Gu Kaizhi is considered the most famous painter of the Eastern Jin dynasty and a founder of traditional Chinese painting. He painted pictures and stories on long sheets of silk or paper attached to wooden rollers. These are also known as handscrolls. According to records, Gu Kaizhi created more than seventy handscrolls, but none of his original paintings ...
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