Dai Xi (English spelling)

Japanese: 戴熙 - たいき（英語表記）Dài Xī

1801‐60
A painter from the Qing dynasty in China. His pen name was Junshi, and he called himself Yuan, Lusheo Jushi, or Jingdong Jushi. He was from Qiantang, Zhejiang Province (today's Hangzhou). In 1832 (the 12th year of Daoguang), he entered the Hanlin Academy and was promoted to the rank of Bingbu Tailang, but he fell ill and returned to his hometown. In 1850, he fought in the Taiping Rebellion and sacrificed himself in a time of national crisis. He was given the posthumous name Wenjie. He was skilled in poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and was known as Dai Tang along with Tang Yifen. His brushwork was flexible and his composition was solid, and he excelled especially in small pieces, and he was regarded as an orthodox Qing dynasty literati painter.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1801‐60
中国，清代の画家。字を醇士（じゆんし），号を楡庵（ゆあん），鹿牀居士（ろくしようこじ），井東（せいとう）居士と自称した。浙江省銭塘(今の杭州)の人。1832年(道光12)翰林院に入り官は兵部待郎に至ったが，病を得て故郷に帰った。50年太平天国の乱に抗戦し国難に殉じた。文節という諡（おくりな）を贈られた。詩書画に巧みで湯貽汾（とういふん）と並んで戴･湯と称された。用筆は柔軟で構成は堅確で，とくに小品にすぐれ，清朝文人画の正統派と目された。

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