Artist: Zhang Binglin 章炳麟 (January 12, 1869 - June 14, 1936)
Calligraphy, Semi-Cursive Script
Ink on paper, Yisebiao mount, Horizontal axis
Painting (Sight): Length: 115 cm, Width: 31 cm
Signed/Seal(s): Signed, with Two Artist seals

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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 Binglin 章炳麟 (January 12, 1869 - June 14, 1936) also known by his art name Zhang Taiyan, was a Chinese philologist, textual critic, philosopher, and revolutionary. His philological works include Wen Shi ("The Origin of Writing"), the first systematic work of Chinese etymology. He also made contributions to historical Chinese phonology, proposing that "the niang and ri initials [in Middle Chinese] come from the ni initial [in Old Chinese]" (known as niang ri gui ni). He developed a system of shorthand based on the seal script, called jiyin zimu, later adopted as the basis of zhuyin. Though innovative in many ways, he was skeptical of new archaeological findings, regarding the oracle bones as forgery. An activist as well as a scholar, he produced many political works. Because of his outspoken character, he was jailed for three years by the Qing Empire and put under house arrest for another three by Yuan Shikai.

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