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From ca.400 to Tang Dynasty (618-907) * Gu Kaizhi: Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies * Gu Kaizhi: Nymph of the Luo River * Wang Wei: Snowy Stream * Zhan Ziqian: Spring Excursion * Li Sixun: Sailboat and Pavilion * Li Zhaodao: Emperor Going to Shu * Han Gan: Night Shining White * Han Gan: Two Horses and a Groom * Wu Daozi: The Eighty-seven Immortals * Yan Liben: Xiao Yi Acquiring the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" by Deception * Yan Liben: The Thirteen Emperors * Zhang Xuan: Court Ladies Preparing Newly-woven Silk * Zhou Fang: Court Ladies Wearing Flowered Headdresses * Anonymous: A Palace Concert
Five Dynasties (907-960) * Gu Hongzhong: The Night Entertainments of Han Xizai * Jing Hao: Travelers in a Snowy Landscape * Jing Hao: Mount Kuanglu * Guan Tong: Late Greenery in Autumn Mountains * Guan Tong: Traveling in Mountains * Li Cheng: Small Wintry Grove * Li Cheng: Reading the Stele * Li Cheng: Travelers in a Wintry Forest * Dong Yuan: The Xiao and Xiang Rivers * Dong Yuan: Awaiting the Ferry at the Foot of the Mountains in Summer * Dong Yuan: Riverbank * Dong Yuan: Dongtian Mountain Hall * Juran: Storied Mountains and Dense Forests * Juran: Buddhist Monastery by Streams and Mountains * Juran: Xiao Yi Acquiring the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" by Deception * Huang Quan: Birds Sketched from Life * Huang Jucai: Blue Magpie and Thorny Shrubs * Zhao Gan: Early Snow on the River * Shi Ke: The Second Patriarch in Contemplation * Zhao Yan: Eight Princes on a Spring Excursion * Zhou Wenju: Literary Garden * Zhou Wenju: Playing Weiqi under Double Screens
Song Dynasty (960-1279) * Fan Kuan: Travelers among Mountains and Streams * Guo Xi: Early Spring * Guo Xi: Old Trees, Level Distance * Xu Daoning: Fisherman * Yan Wengui: Buildings Among Mountains and Streams * Qu Ding: Summer Mountains * Li Gonglin: The Classic of Filial Piety * Mi Fu: Auspicious Pines in Spring Mountains * Mi Fu: Tower of Rising Clouds * Mi Youren: Cloudy Mountains * Mi Youren: Misty Landscape * Mi Youren: The Spectacular Views of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers * Wang Ximeng: One Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains * Wang Shen: Mountains of the Immortals * Zhang Zeduan: Along the River During the Qingming Festival * Zhao Ji (Emperor Huizong): Five-colored Parakeet * Zhao Ji (Emperor Huizong): Literary Gathering * Zhao Ji (Emperor Huizong): Listening to the Qin * Zhao Ji (Emperor Huizong): Autumn Evening in the Pond * Zhao Ji (Emperor Huizong): Eyes Embroidered with Plums * Anonymous: Dream Journey through the Xiao and Xiang Rivers * Anonymous: Palace Ladies Bathing Children * Anonymous: In the Palace * Anonymous: Palace Banquet * Anonymous: Lotus Out of Water * Zhao Lingrang: Yellow Oranges and Green Tangerines * Zhao Lingrang: Tao Qian Admiring Chrysanthemums * Li Tang: Wind in Pines Among a Myriad of Valleys * Liu Songnian: Lohan * Ma Yuan: A Mountain Path in Spring * Ma Yuan: Fisherman in Reclusion on an Autumn River * Ma Lin: Layered Icy Silk * Xia Gui: Remote View of Streams and Hills * Li Jie: Fisherman's Lodge at Mount Xisai * Qian Xuan: Viewing Geese at the Orchid Pavilion * Qian Xuan: Squirrel in a Peach Tree * Qian Xuan: Consort Yang Mounting a Horse * Li Di: Red and White Cotton Roses * Li Di: Chicks Waiting to Be Fed * Liang Kai: Li Bai in Stroll * Liang Kai: Immortal in Splashed Ink * Anonymous: Chan Master Riding a Mule * Su Hanchen: Children at Play in an Autumnal Garden * Zhao Mengjian: Three Friends of Winter * Liu Cai: Fish Swimming Amid Falling Flowers * Chen Rong: Five Dragons * Wu Bing: Rice Plants and Insects
Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) * Zhao Mengfu: Autumn Colors on the Que and Hua Mountains * Zhao Mengfu: Twin Pines, Level Distance * Zhao Mengfu: Water Village * Zhao Mengfu: Man and Horse * Zhao Mengfu: Sheep and Goat * Zhao Yong: A Horseback Trip in a Spring Countryside * Huang Gongwang: Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains * Wu Zhen: Fisherman * Ni Zan: The Rongxi Studio * Ni Zan: Enjoying the Wilderness in an Autumn Grove * Wang Meng: Forest Chamber Grotto at Ju'ou * Wang Meng: Mount Taibai * Wang Meng: The Simple Retreat * Wang Mian and Wu Zhen: Twin Purities of Plum and Bamboo * Wang Zhenpeng: Mahaprajapati Nursing the Infant Buddha * Yintuoluo: Hanshan and Shide * Zhao Cangyun: Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao Entering the Tiantai Mountains
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) * Shen Zhou: Lofty Mount Lu * Shen Zhou: Poet on a Mountaintop * Shen Zhou: A Graceful Gathering at Wei's Garden * Shen Zhou: Dreaming of Traveling while in Bed * Shen Zhou: Eight Flowers in Ink * Wen Zhengming: Old Trees by a Cold Waterfall * Wen Zhengming: Garden of the Inept Administrator * Wen Zhengming: Eight Songs of the Xiao and Xiang Rivers * Wen Zhengming: Red Cliff in Zhao Boju's Style * Wen Zhengming: Guests Arriving at a Mountain Villa * Wen Zhengming: Huxi Thatched Cottage * Wen Zhengming: Song of Pipa * Tang Yin: The Lutanist * Tang Yin: Walking in the Mountains, Listening to the Pines * Tang Yin: Tao Gu Presenting a Lyric to Qin Ruolan * Tang Yin: Fishermen in Reclusion among Mountains and Streams * Tang Yin: Eight Album Leaves of Landscape * Qiu Ying: Spring Morning in the Han Palace * Qiu Ying: Red Cliff * Qiu Ying: Writing Sutra for Tea * Wang Fu: Joys of the Fisherman * Zhou Chen: Relaxing in a Waterside Pavilion * Dai Jin: Returning Late from a Spring Outing * Dai Jin: Ten Thousand Li of the Yangtze * Lan Ying: White Clouds and Red Trees * Du Jin: Enjoying Antiquities * Dong Qichang: Shady Trees in a Summer Landscape * Dong Qichang: White Clouds at the Xiao and Xiang Rivers * Lü Ji: Autumnal Egrets and Hibiscus * Lü Ji: Lion-head Goose * Miao Fu: Fishes and Water Plants * Chen Hongshou: Pine and Longevity * Cui Zizhong: Su Shi Losing His Girdle * Xie Huan: Elegant Gathering in the Apricot Garden * Xie Huan: The Nine Elders of the Mountain of Fragrance * Xiang Shengmo: Branch of Blossoming Plum * Anonymous: A Hundred Deer of Prosperity * Anonymous: Children Playing in the Palace Garden
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) * Wang Shimin: Clearing of Rivers and Mountains after Snow * Wang Jian: Landscape after Huang Gongwang * Wang Hui: Peach Blossom, Fishing Boat * Wang Hui: The Kangxi Emperor's Tour of the South * Wang Yuanqi: Mountain Dwelling on a Summer Day * Wang Yuanqi: Wangchuan Villa * Wu Li: Green Mountains and White Clouds * Wu Li: Whiling Away the Summer * Yun Shouping: Peonies * Shitao: Landscape of the Four Seasons * Zhu Da: Bamboo, Rock, and Mandarin Ducks * Lang Shining: One Hundred Horses * Ding Guanpeng: Spring Market at Peace * Yuan Jiang: Palace of Nine Perfections