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Zhang Renxi ( simplified Chinese: 张人希; traditional Chinese: 張人希; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Jîn-hi, 15 December 1918 – 27 July 2010), also known as Zhang Renxi ( simplified Chinese: 张仁熙; traditional Chinese: 張仁熙; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Jîn-hi), Jiaye ( simplified Chinese: 迦叶; traditional Chinese: 迦葉; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khia-ia̍p), Shengshi (胜是, Buddhist name), and House of Flowing Water Sound Listening ( simplified Chinese: 听沨楼; traditional Chinese: 聽渢樓; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thiaⁿ-hông-lâu), was born in Quanzhou City, Fujian, China. He was a Chinese artist and poet, best known for his exquisite Chinese paintings of birds and flowers as well as fine seal carvings and calligraphy work.
His father died ten months after he was born, and his widowed mother lived on needlework to support the family. At 7 years of age, Zhang Renxi found copies of The Mustard Seed Garden Atlas and Ancient and Modern Celebrity Pictures in the drawers of his father’s coffin, and used these to practice calligraphy. To earn money, he painted and sold Spring Festival couplets in the local marketplace. He received two years education in primary school, but was unable to continue his studies due to poverty. He became an apprentice to a doctor, then a painter, and later, a proofreader and reporter for the "Fujian Daily" newspaper.
His works include:
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Zhang Renxi ( simplified Chinese: 张人希; traditional Chinese: 張人希; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Jîn-hi, 15 December 1918 – 27 July 2010), also known as Zhang Renxi ( simplified Chinese: 张仁熙; traditional Chinese: 張仁熙; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Jîn-hi), Jiaye ( simplified Chinese: 迦叶; traditional Chinese: 迦葉; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khia-ia̍p), Shengshi (胜是, Buddhist name), and House of Flowing Water Sound Listening ( simplified Chinese: 听沨楼; traditional Chinese: 聽渢樓; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thiaⁿ-hông-lâu), was born in Quanzhou City, Fujian, China. He was a Chinese artist and poet, best known for his exquisite Chinese paintings of birds and flowers as well as fine seal carvings and calligraphy work.
His father died ten months after he was born, and his widowed mother lived on needlework to support the family. At 7 years of age, Zhang Renxi found copies of The Mustard Seed Garden Atlas and Ancient and Modern Celebrity Pictures in the drawers of his father’s coffin, and used these to practice calligraphy. To earn money, he painted and sold Spring Festival couplets in the local marketplace. He received two years education in primary school, but was unable to continue his studies due to poverty. He became an apprentice to a doctor, then a painter, and later, a proofreader and reporter for the "Fujian Daily" newspaper.
His works include: