Xu Gu

Xū Gǔ (Hsü Ku, traditional: 虛谷, simplified: 虚谷); ca. (1824-1896) was a Chinese painter and poet during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912).

Xu was born in Xin'an in the Anhui province, and later lived in Guangling in the Jiangsu provincecite web|url=http://www.china-on-site.com/pages/painter/1135.php|title=Xū Gǔ Brief Biography|accessdate=2008-07-17] . His style name was 'Xugu' and his sobriquet was 'Ziyang Shanren'. Xu was an army official, and then later a monk. When painting he used the side of the brush in a fluent and bold style. In poetry he produced the work "Poetry of Xugu monk".

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