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Cai Jinyong蔡晉鏞
Wu Mei吳梅
and 20 more artistsQuick Facts about the Artist
Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu.
Renowned opera composer, teacher of Chang Ch’ung-ho.
Taught for five years at Dongnan National University (today Nanjing University) from 1922 to 1927. Taught for another eight years at National Central University.
Born in Beijing to a Manchu family.
Linguist specializing in the languages of minority groups in China and phonology.
Second daughter of painter Fan Shaoyun樊少雲 (1885–1962). Active in Suzhou and Shanghai area.
Excelled at Kunqu Opera and painting.
Painter.
The owner of Bu Garden in Suzhou.
Born in Wuxi, Jiangsu.
Music enthusiast proficient in playing many Chinese instruments.
Expert on Chinese music history.
Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu.
Self-taught physicist and translator of Western physics literature into Chinese.
During the 1920s and 1930s, Wang became a devotee of Chinese opera.
Born in Wu County, Jiangsu.
Opera performer.
Married to Chen Wushuang陳戊雙 (1904–1999).
Manager of Bank of China in Beibei, Chongqing.
Sister of the female writer Chen Hengzhe陳衡哲 (1890–1976).
Founded the Zhou Family Opera Club in Chongqing during the WWII.
- Professor of Chinese at Yunnan University, Kunming.
Born in Nanjing.
Opera enthusiast, prolific writer, and teacher.
- Kunqu Opera enthusiast, also skillful at ink rubbing.
Born in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province.
Expert epigrapher who taught at Peking University, Beijing Normal University, Tsinghua University and Fu Jen University.
Known for his seal script, which was inspired by his study of bronze inscriptions.
Born in Chongming (now part of Shanghai), Jiangsu.
Classical Chinese painter who studied western painting.
Excelled at playing the pipa.
Born in Bijie, Guizhou.
Proficient in Chinese painting, calligraphy and poetry.
- Devoted opera performer.
- Founded the first modern school in Suzhou: Suzhou Caotang School (now called No.1 High School of Suzhou) in 1907.
Born in Jiangsu.
Political activist and authority in linguistics and philology.
Daughter of Cai Jinyong蔡晉鏞 (1875-?), wife of Fan Chengda范承達 (the 27th generation grandson of Fan Zhongyan范仲淹, 989–1052), mother of Fan Jingyi范敬宜 (1931–2010, Chief-editor of People’s Daily).
Proficient in music, calligraphy and poetry; taught by Wu Mei吳梅 (1884–1939) and Zhang Taiyan章太炎 (1869–1936).
Stepmother of Chang Ch’ung-ho.
Skillful in Kunqu, painting and calligraphy.
Nephew of Wu Mei吳梅 (1884–1939).
Excelled at Kunqu Opera; connoisseur of Chinese painting and calligraphy.