Zhan Ziqian

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Zhan Ziqian, Stroll About in Spring (游春图). This may be a copy of the earlier Sui/Tang dynasty work.<ref name="Barnhart64">Barnhart: Page 64.</ref>

Zhan Ziqian (Template:Zh; c. mid to late 6th century)<ref name="Barnhart">Barnhart: Page 371.</ref> was a famous painter of ancient China from Yangxin County in modern-day Shandong province. His birth and death dates are unknown. It is known that in the Sui dynasty (581–618) he was appointed to the office of Chaosan Dafu ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) and later of Zhangnei Dudu ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}).<ref name="Cihai1075">CiHai: Page 1075.</ref>

According to the historical documents, Zhan Ziqian painted a number of genres and religion paintings which have not survived. He was especially noted for his paintings of pavilions and people, and horses. His paintings of people were particularly lifelike.<ref name="Cihai1075"/> The only painting by him that survives today is Strolling About in Spring, which is a perspective arrangement of mountains. It has been cited as the earliest surviving work of Chinese landscape painting<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> or the first shan shui painting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

References

• Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. Template:ISBN
• Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}). Ci hai ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), 1979.

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