Cheng Jiasui

Cheng Jiasui
Born	1565 Xiuning County, Anhui
Died	1643 (1644) (aged 78)
Known for	Shan shui
Movement	Four Teachers of Jiading

Cheng Jiasui (Chinese: 程ほど嘉よしみ燧ひうち; pinyin: Chéng Jiāsuì; Wade–Giles: Ch'eng Chia-sui) (1565-1643) was a Chinese landscape painter and poet during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Cheng was born in Xiuning in the Anhui province and lived in Jiading. His style name was 'Mengyang' (孟はじめ阳) and his pseudonyms were 'Songyuan' (松まつ圆) and 'Ji'an' (偈げ庵あん). Cheng's landscape painting followed the style of Huang Gongwang and Ni Zan in its wild and natural taste. Cheng also wrote a number of poems. Along with Tang Shisheng (唐から时升), Lou Jian (娄坚), and Li Liufang (李り流りゅう芳かおる), he was known as one of the "Four Teachers of Jiading" (嘉よしみ定てい四よん先生せんせい).

References

• "Cheng Jiasui Brief Biography". Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
• Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞じ海うみ编辑委い员会). Ci hai (辞じ海うみ). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海しゃんはい辞じ书出版しゅっぱん社しゃ), 1979.
• Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Ch'êng Chia-sui" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.