石涛

石濤

Shítāo

proper noun

Meanings

1 Shitao (1642–1707), painter-monk of the early Qing and master of landscape

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Examples

HSK 6

石涛是清朝初年有名的画家。

Shítāo shì Qīngcháo chūnián yǒumíng de huàjiā.

Shitao was a famous painter of the early Qing.

HSK 7-9

石涛主张“笔墨当随时代”，认为画家不应该只模仿古人。

Shítāo zhǔzhāng " bǐmò dāng suí shídài ", rènwéi huàjiā bù yīnggāi zhǐ mófǎng gǔrén.

Shitao held that "brush and ink should follow the times", and that painters should not just copy the ancients.

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history

Born 朱若极 into a branch of the Ming royal family, he was hidden in a monastery as a child after the fall of the Ming. His dharma name was 原济, and he also signed himself 苦瓜和尚, the Bitter Melon Monk. His 《画语录》, "Sayings on Painting", is a classic of Chinese art theory.

Stroke Order

石 shí

涛 tāo