高翔

Gāo Xiáng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Gao Xiang (1688-1753), Qing dynasty painter and calligrapher, one of the 'Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou' (扬州八怪), famed for plum blossoms and landscapes

Examples

HSK 4
扬州八怪之一
Gāo Xiáng shì Yángzhōu Bāguài zhīyī.
Gao Xiang was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.
HSK 6
Gāo Xiáng huà de méihuā qīngshòu chuánshén.
Gao Xiang's plum blossoms are spare and vividly expressive.

Tips

culture
扬州八怪 were not literally eccentric - they were mid-Qing professional painters in Yangzhou who broke with orthodox literati style, selling their work on the booming salt-merchant art market. 高翔 is sometimes grouped with the eight, sometimes not; different Qing sources list different eights.

Stroke Order

gāo
xiáng