The Scholar Fu Sheng Transmitting the Book of

The Scholar Fu Sheng Transmitting the Book of Documents, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 15th-mid-16th century, China, Hanging scroll ink and color on silk, Image: 57 7/8 x 41 1/8 in. (147 x 104.5 cm), Paintings, Du Jin (Chinese, active ca. 1465-1509), In his greatest act of infamy, the first emperor of Qin (Qin Shihuangdi) ruthlessly burned books and buried scholars alive to eliminate opposition. When the Han dynasty was established in 206 B.C. a program to reconstruct texts began

Mid-16th Ming Scholar Scroll Sheng Transmitting

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