Qi Gong

• Qi Gong (1912-2005), courtesy name was Yuan Bai, art name was Yuanbei Jushi, born in Beijing, the ninth direct descendent of Emperor Yong Zheng, a famous modern Chinese calligrapher, educator, classical philologist and poet. He served as the associate professor of Beijing Normal University, standing committee member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, director of the National Document Appraisal Committee, director of the Central Museum of the Literature and History, documental instructor, advisor of Jiusan Society, honorary chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, founder of the World Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association, chairman of the Chinese Buddhist Association, consultant of the National Museum and president of Xiling Seal Art Society.

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    Yan Bolong, a Manchu from the Plain Yellow Banner, was a native of Beijing. His given name was Yunlin, his courtesy name was Bolong (used as his common name), and his pseudonym was Changbai Buyi (Long White Cloth Scholar). He resided in a place called Chuncao Tang (Spring Grass Hall). During the Republic of China period, Yan was a prominent figure in the Beijing-Tianjin painting school, renowned for his bird-and-flower paintings. He was also skilled in landscapes, figures, feathers, and animals. Yan disliked officialdom and preferred to live as an ordinary scholar, devoting himself to painting. Due to his ancestral roots in Changbai, he became known as Changbai Buyi (Long White Cloth Scholar).

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