(b Chang'an (now Xi'an), Shaanxi Province; fl c. AD 765-800). Chinese painter. He was active at the Tang dynasty (618-907) court in the capital, Chang'an, after the An Lushan Rebellion (756). He painted both religious and secular figures but is particularly associated with the depiction of palace ladies (see also CHINA,

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