_Ma Lin_, son of Ma Yüan. Thirteenth century. His work shows that he painted even more in the tradition of the Southern School than his father and uncle. _Li Lung-mien_ or _Li Kung-lin_. Born at Chou in Ngan-huei. He held public offices, which he resigned in 1100 to retire to the mountain of Lung-mien, where he died in 1106. Noted for his calligraphy as well as for his painting. At one time in his life, under religious influences, he painted a great number of Buddhist figures. _Mi Fei_ or _Mi Yüan-chang_ or _Mi Nan-kung_ (1051-1107). Calligraphist, painter and critic. He used strong inking in a style in which the simplification of monochrome is carried to the extreme. He had a son, _Mi Yu-Jen_, who painted in his father's style and lived to an advanced age. _Hui Tsung_, emperor, poet, painter and calligraphist. Born in 1082, ascended the throne in 1100, lost his throne in 1125 and died in captivity in 1135. In the first year of his reign he founded the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. He made a large collection of valuable paintings and rare objects of art which was scattered at the plundering of his capital by the Tartars in 1225. V. YÜAN DYNASTY A.D. 1260-1368 _Chao Mêng-fu_, also called _Tsŭ-ang_. Born in 1254. Man of letters, painter and calligraphist. He was a great landscape painter and in the first rank as a painter of horses. _Ch'ien Hsüan_, also called _Ch'ien Shun-chü_, lived at the end of the thirteenth and beginning of the fourteenth century. He painted figures, landscape, flowers and birds. He employed the style and methods of the Sung dynasty. _Yen Hui_ lived in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. His paintings were numerous and indicate a master of the first order. He painted many Buddhist and Taoist subjects. _Huang Kung-wang._ Fourteenth century. At first influenced by the style of Tung Yüan and Chü Jan, he later acquired an individual style and was one of the great founders of schools in the Yüan period. _Ni Tsan_, also called Yün-lin (1301-1374). Man of letters, calligraphist, collector of books and paintings. He is considered to be one of the greatest painters of his time. VI. THE MING DYNASTY A.D. 1368-1644 _Chou Chih-mien_ lived in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. His subjects were principally birds and flowers. _Shên Chou_, also called _Shên Ki-nan_ or _Shên K'i_ (1427-1507). Landscape painter. His composition is at times overladen, as is often seen in Ming art. _Lu Fu_ lived in the fifteenth century. He made a special study of the plum tree in monochrome. He is comparable to the great Sung masters.