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: 程嘉燧; 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' (孟阳) and his pseudonyms were 'Songyuan' (松圆) and 'Ji'an' (偈庵). 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 (唐时升), Lou Jian (娄坚), and Li Liufang (李流芳), he was known as one of the "Four Teachers of Jiading" (嘉定四先生).

References

• "Cheng Jiasui Brief Biography". Archived from the original on 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
• Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会). Ci hai (辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979.
• Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Ch'êng Chia-sui" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.