ABC Wednesday

The letter this week is X

Xu Gu   1824-1896

A painting by the Chinese painter and poet Xu Gu (Hsu Ku)

during the Qing Dynasty (1844-1912)

Xu Gu was born in Xin'an in the Anjui province and later lived in

Guangling in the Jiangsu province. 

Xu was an army official, and then later a monk.

When painting he used the side of the brush in a fluent and

bold style.

In poetry he produced the work Poetry of Xugo monk. 

All this information was kindly given to me by Google!

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