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Note:
1. Chen Yuansu was a native of Changzhou, and his sobriquet names include Gubai and Zhenwen. He failed the provicial examinations in the thirty-fourth year of the Wanli era (1606). He was a good calligrapher and painter. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.991.
2. A brief biography of Zhan Jingfeng can be found in Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., p.1237
3. Xu Gui was a native of Zhijiang and became a jinshi in the fifth year of the Wanli era (1577). See Ming Qing Jinshi Timing Beilu Suoyin, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, pp.978 and 2560
Note:
1. Chen Yuansu was a native of Changzhou, and his sobriquet names include Gubai and Zhenwen. He failed the provicial examinations in the thirty-fourth year of the Wanli era (1606). He was a good calligrapher and painter. For brief biography, see Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, Shanghai Renmin Meishu Chubanshe, 1981, p.991.
2. A brief biography of Zhan Jingfeng can be found in Zhongguo Meishujia Renming Cidian, ibid., p.1237
3. Xu Gui was a native of Zhijiang and became a jinshi in the fifth year of the Wanli era (1577). See Ming Qing Jinshi Timing Beilu Suoyin, Shanghai Guji Chubanshe, 1999, pp.978 and 2560