Artist: Zhang Ruitu 张瑞图 (1570 - 1644) Ming Dynasty
Calligraphy, Semi-Cursive Script
Ink on paper, Yisebiao mount, Vertical axis hanging scroll
Painting (Sight): Length: 126 cm, Width: 681 cm
Signed/Seal(s): Signed, with Two Artist seals

PROVENANCE:

Nien Cheng 念鄭 or Zheng Nian 鄭念 (January 28, 1915 - November 2, 2009) was the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan (姚念媛). She was a Chinese author known for recounting her experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai.

ARTIST BIO: Zhang Ruitu 张瑞图 (1570 - 1644), also known as Changgong, also known as Guoting, also known as Ershui, the master of Baihao Temple, Jiezi layman, Pingping layman, Guotingshanren, etc. A descendant of Qingyang in Jinjiang, Fujian Province, he was engaged in Confucianism in his early years. His family was poor and his daily needs were only provided by his mother's textile machine. He often ate barley porridge to satisfy his hunger. In Dingwei (1607), the thirty-fifth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, he was a Jinshi, ranked third in the imperial examination, and was awarded the title of editor Shao Zhanshi, and concurrently served as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and entered the cabinet as the Minister of Rites. He once wrote "eulogies" for Wei Zhongxian, and became a bachelor of Wuxiang Dian because he became a party official in Wei Dynasty. Later, the Wei party was defeated, so he entered the rebellion and became a slave to redeem himself for the people. Then he fled to the south of the Yangtze River and hid in Baihao Temple in Qingyang.

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