Wu Dacheng
Illustration — Wu Dacheng Wu Dacheng (1835–1902) was a Chinese politician, governor, author, artist, and collector during the Qing dynasty.
Also recorded as Ershibajiangjunyinzhai · Wu Dachun · Pangulou · Shiliujinfuzhai
Wu Dacheng
叶公绰辑，杨鹏秋摹绘 · 《清代学者像传》第二集 · Public domain
- Born
- 1835 · Suzhou.
- Died
- 1902
- Nationality
- Qing dynasty
- Occupation
- calligrapher · painter · collector · politician · philologist · artist
- Languages
- Classical Chinese · Old Mandarin
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Illustration — Wu Dacheng Wu Dacheng (1835–1902) was a Chinese politician, governor, author, artist, and collector during the Qing dynasty.
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Wu Dacheng (1835–1902) was an artist, calligrapher and collector, among other activities and a national of Qing dynasty. The artist was born in Suzhou. Wu Dacheng held the positions of Donghe governor and Shujishi of Qing dynasty.
Languages used include Classical Chinese and Old Mandarin. Works by the artist are held at Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Palace Museum and Yale University Art Gallery.
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Life
Life
The recorded working language is Classical Chinese and Old Mandarin. Positions recorded include Donghe governor and Shujishi of Qing dynasty. Work by Wu Dacheng is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery and The Palace Museum.
Wu grew up in a scholarly home. While living in Suzhou, he succeeded the imperial examination. In the next two decades, he had many jobs and positions. One of the positions included being a Qing officer.
Governor of Hunan
Governor of Hunan
Dacheng was the governor of Hunan until 1895, when he failed to defend Liaoning from the Japanese forces during the First Sino-Japanese War.
Artworks
Artworks
• Illustration — Fragrant Mountains by Wu Dacheng. Wu has painted many paintings during his lifetime, including "Fragrant Mountains" and "Mountain and Stream and Rain". He has made 37 jades, which are held in the Suzhou museum. Other works of art created by him include coins, seals, porcelains, paintings scrolls, and hand fans. • Illustration — Reading at the Secluded Pine Studio (Song yin an)
泰山盘道沿途石刻——“岱宗夫如何，齊魯青未了。造化鍾神秀，陰陽割昏曉。 蕩胸生層雲，決眥入歸鳥。會當凌絕頂，一覽眾山小”杜工部詩吳大澂書
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泰山盘道沿途——“快活三”附近摩崖石刻——吳大澂題刻
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- 1.Wu Dacheng (1835-1902) and the Modern Fate of Chinese Literati Culture. international.ucla.edu.
- 2.Couplet in Small Seal Script. Yale University Art Gallery.
- 3.Wu Dacheng: ROM Chinese Jades at the Suzhou Museum. Royal Ontario Museum.
- 4.Nelson, Robert S. Monuments and Memory, Made and Unmade. The University of Chicago Press. 52. 2003.
- 5.清 吳大澂 山水 扇面 Fragrant Mountains. metmuseum.org.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Wu Ta-ch'êng.
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