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Views of Nanjing for Zhou Lianggong
Hu Yukun Chinese
Not on view
When the scholar-official Zhou Lianggong was falsely imprisoned for bribery in Beijing in 1660, his friend Hu Yukun traveled north to visit him as he awaited judicial review. After returning home, Hu painted this intimate album of famous sites of Nanjing, the two men’s native city, in an effort to console Zhou with images of his beloved home. The next year, Zhou was released and returned home to Nanjing, where he resumed his position as the doyen of the city’s flourishing arts scene.
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