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D^vadatta's beard, "the strokes in which are as though of iron;" that of a 

 female deva holding an incense burner, " with a sly look in her eye as though 

 she were about to speak;" and especially one Buddhistic picture in which 

 "the heavenly clothes worn by the Richis (angels) flutter so as to make one 

 actually feel the wind blowing." There is also a pictvu-e of Vimalakirti 

 lying sick, Manjusri calling to enquire after him, and a female deva scatter- 

 ing flowers; another of Shakyamtmi subduing Mara, the Evil One; and 

 again another of the great Teacher in a peaceful attitude, surroimded by lo 

 disciples, "the shading of the mouth making the picture look extremely 

 lifelike." Altogether, Wu Tao-tzii is said to have painted over 300 

 frescos on the walls of temples alone, with a variety of detail in each case 

 that was truly astounding. The "Hsiian ho hua p'u" gives the titles of 

 93 of his pictures still to be found in the Imperial collection during the 

 twelfth century. Herbert A. Giles. 



CHING HAO. The Five Dynasties. 



Ching Hao was a landscape painter who worked for his own amusement 

 and wrote a small treatise on the art. He said that " Wu Tao-tzu, in paint- 

 ing landscape, had the brush, but not the paint; Hsiang Jung had the paint, 

 but not the brush. I adopt the strong points of each of -them, and form a 

 school of my own." Kuan T'ung became his pupil, and "in his eager 

 desire to excel the master forgot to eat and sleep." Herbert A. Giles. 



LI CHAO-TAO (Nephew of Li Ssu-hsiin). T'ang Dynasty. 



Li Chau-tau, the son of Li Ssi-siin, of whom Chang Yen-yuan says that, 

 while perpetuating the style of his father, he even siupassed him in his 

 work. In distinction from "the Great Marshal," his father, he was called 

 "the Little, or Jimior, Marshal Li"(Siau Li-tsiang-kun). His work was 

 not confined to landscapes, though, "birds and beasts" being mentioned 

 as another category in which he excelled. Friedrich Hirth. 



HSU HSI. The Five Dynasties. 



Hsii Hsi, a Government official, was "famous for his flowers, bamboos, 

 trees, cicadas, butterflies, etc. He used to frequent kitchen gardens in 

 search of subjects; but although his pictures contain cabbages and such 

 vegetables, in expression he passes beyond the limitations of the old mas- 

 ters. " He was also a fine colorist, and could impart life to his work. One 

 of his great works was a picture of the Parthian tree (pomegranate), covered 

 with more than a himdred of the fruit. Another was " Peonies in a Wind, " 

 consisting of "a cluster of several thousand leaves and only three flowers; 

 one flower straight in front, a second on the right-hand side, and the third 

 quite behind a dense mass of leaves." "For flowers, Hsii Hsi generally 

 used a fine transparent paper; when he painted on silk, he used a rather 

 coarse-ribbed kind." A critic says, "In painting flowers people ordi- 

 narily aim at strict resemblance; but not so Hsu Hsi. And the painter 



