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The Admonitions of the Court Instructress
work by Gu Kaizhi
Also known as: “Nüshizhen”
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Chinese painting
- In Chinese painting: Three Kingdoms (220–280) and Six Dynasties (220–589)
…3rd-century didactic text “Nüshizhen” (“Admonitions of the Court Instructress”), by Zhang Hua. In this hand scroll, narrative illustration is bound strictly to the text (as if used as a mnemonic device): the advice to imperial concubines to bear sons to the emperor, for instance, is accompanied by a delightful…
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discussed in biography
- In Gu Kaizhi
The famous hand scroll entitled The Admonitions of the Court Instructress bears a signature of Gu Kaizhi, though it is not originally recorded as having been painted by him. Nonetheless, it accurately maintains a pre-Tang dynasty (618–907) style. The scroll illustrates, through a series of individual scenes separated by the…
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