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第21章 Editing Books in Northern Qi Kingdom-Anonymous

Editing Books in Northern Qi Kingdom, a Northern Song Dynasty(960.1127) painting by an unknown author, ink and color on silk, 27.6cm×114cm, in the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

It was previously believed to be a painting by Yan Liben. Drawn in 556, the seventh year of Tianbao reign of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the original painting depicts the scene that Gao Yang, Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty orders Fan Xun and other people to edit books. This one is a copy work. Nevertheless, judged from such aspects like costume, hair style and appliance, it still possesses the style of Northern Qi period.