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Hui Tsung

American  
[hwee dzoong] / ˈʰwi ˈdzʊŋ /
Pinyin, Hui Zong

noun

  1. 1082–1135, emperor of China 1101–26: painter and patron of art.


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Playing his feminine roles he seemed like a painting of Hui Tsung miraculously come to elastic, undulating life.

From Time Magazine Archive

Such were the conditions upon which Hui Tsung instituted examinations, following which the doors of the Academy were open to the victor.

From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Frances Seaver

Perhaps before long we shall find authentic paintings by Hui Tsung.

From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Frances Seaver

To understand how it took shape, we must go back to the time of Hui Tsung and observe the method of recruiting talent in the Academy which he founded.

From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Frances Seaver

It was so closely allied to painting that the Emperor Hui Tsung, who ascended the throne in 1100, founded the Imperial Academy of Calligraphy and Painting in the first year of his reign.

From Chinese Painters A Critical Study by Frances Seaver

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