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Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru
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Title:Biographies of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru
Calligrapher:Huang Tingjian (Chinese, –)
Period:Northern Song dynasty (–)
Date:ca.
Culture:China
Medium:Handscroll; ink on paper
Dimensions:Image: 13 1/4 in. × 60 ft. 4 1/2 in. ( × cm)
Overall with mounting: 13 1/2 in. × 71 ft. 5 5/8 in. ( × cm)
Classification:Calligraphy
Credit Line:Bequest of John M. Crawford Jr.,
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Inscription: Artist's inscription ( columns in semi-cursive and cursive scripts)
Lian Po was an able general of Zhao. In the sixteenth year of King Huiwen, he commanded the Zhao army against Qi and defeated its troops, taking the city of Jinyang. Then he was made a chief minister and was known for his prowess to all the states.
Lin Xiangru, a man of Zhao, was the steward of Miao Xian, the chief eunuch.
King Huiwen had come into possession of the jade of Bian He, a man of Chu. When King Zhao of Qin knew this he sent an envoy with a letter to the king of Zhao, offering fifteen cities in exchange for the jade, The king took counsel with General Lian Po and his chief ministers, who feared that if the jade were sent to Qin they might be cheat
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Zu Geng
Biography
Zu Geng is also known by the name Geng Zhi Zu, Zu Xuan or Tsu Keng. He was the son of Zu Chongzhi and so came from a famous family who had for many generations produced outstanding mathematicians. The family was originally from Hopeh province in northern China. Zu Geng's great great grandfather was an official at the court of the Eastern Chin dynasty which had been established at Jiankang (now Nanking). Weakened by court intrigues, the Eastern Chin dynasty was replaced after a revolt by the Liu-Sung dynasty in Zu Geng's great grandfather, grandfather, and father Zu Chongzhi, all served as officials of the Liu-Sung dynasty which also had its court at Jiankang (now Nanking).The Zu family was an extremely talented one with successive generations being, in addition to court officials, astronomers with special interests in the calendar. They handed their mathematical and astronomical skills down from father to son and, indeed, this was one of the main ways that such skills were transmitted in China at this time. Zu Geng, in the family tradition, was taught a variety of skills as he grew up. In particular he was taught mathematics by his talented father Zu Chongzhi.
Zu Geng's greatest achievement was to compute the diameter of a sphere of a given vol
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Linji Yixuan
Founder have a hold over the Linji school addict Chan Faith (died )
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