Shitao
Chinese painter and poet
- Lived
- 1642–1707
- Country
- Ming dynasty
- Also writes as
- Čchao-ťi, Jüan-ťi, Kchu-kua che-šang, Š-tchao
Updated September 2026
About Shitao
Shitao or Shi Tao, otherwise known as Yuan Ji, born into the Ming dynasty imperial clan as Zhu Ruoji (朱若極), was a Chinese Buddhist monk, calligrapher, and landscape painter during the early Qing dynasty.
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