Ju Chao

Five Bats (五福图), Ju Chao, Guangdong Provincial Museum

Ju Chao (Chinese: 居巢; pinyin: Jū Cháo; Wade–Giles: Chü Ch'ao; 1811-1865),^[1] a native of Panyu (番禺, now Guangzhou, was a famed Chinese painter in Qing Dynasty. His courtesy name was Meisheng (梅生), and pseudonym Meichao (梅巢) or Guquan. He was the older brother (or cousin) of the painter Ju Lian.^[2] He wrote "Poems of Shouxie Shi" (首邪室诗) and "Yanyu Ci" (烟语词).

Notes

1. http://archive.news.gov.hk/isd/ebulletin/en/citylife/081030/html/081030en20002.htm#begin
2. Cihai: Page 1073 under Ju Lian's entry.

References

• Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会）. Ci hai （辞海）. Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she （上海辞书出版社）, 1979.