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279 Hung-jen (1610-1664), Tht Coming
of Autumn. Hanging scroll Ink on
paper. Ch'ing Dynasty.

WEN-JEN HUA The literati shared none of the academicians' admiration for Eu-
ropean painting, for they now felt themselves to be the custodians
of a tradition infinitely more precious than anything the West had
to offer. Through the sheer force of his personality, Tung Ch'i-
ch'ang had given a new interpretation to the style of Tung Yuan
and Chii-jan, but his less-gifted followers in the Ch'ing Dynasty
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