About Fang Congyi
Lived 1302 – 1393 (aged 90–91). Fang Congyi was a Chinese painter and daoshi.
Fang Congyi (; 1302–1393), courtesy name Wuyu , sobriquets Fanghu , Bumang Daoren , Jinmen Yuke and Guigu Shanren , was a famed Chinese painter during the Yuan dynasty.
Fang was a native of Guixi, Jiangxi Province. In his youth he studied and became a Daoist priest, joining the Zhengyi Dao sect at his local temple. After the death of his principal instructor in the early 1340s, Fang traveled along the Yangtze River to the capital Khanbaliq, now Beijing. It was there that he began painting. He obtained a patron, and produced a number of works based on his travels. He primarily painted landscapes.
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Who was Fang Congyi?
Chinese painter (1302-1393)
When was Fang Congyi born?
Fang Congyi was born in 1302 in Jiangxi.
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Fang Congyi died in 1393.
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Fang Congyi was a painter and daoshi.
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Fang Congyi was Chinese.
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