- Jiang Tingxi
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Chen Menglei andJiang Tingxi ]Jiang Tingxi (zh-tspw|t=蔣廷錫|s=蒋廷锡|p=Jiǎng Tíngxí|w=Chiang T'ing-hsi, 1669–1732),
courtesy name Yangsun (杨孙), was aChinese painter , and an editor of theencyclopedia "Gujin Tushu Jicheng " ("Complete Collection of Ancient and Modern Writings and Charts").Jiang was born in Changshu, Jiangsu. He was also known by the names Nansha, Qingtong Jushi, Qiujun, XiGu, Yangsun, and Youjun.
The 5020-volume state-sponsored encyclopedia "Gǔjīn Túshū Jíchéng" (Traditional Chinese: 古今圖書集成; Simplified Chinese: 古今图书集成; literally "Complete Collection of Illustrations and Writings from the Earliest to Current Times") was published in 1726 and had been compiled by
Chen Menglei and Jiang Tingxi during the reigns of Qingemperor sKangxi andYongzheng .As an official painter and grand secretary to the
Imperial Court in Kyoto , Jiang Tingxi used a wide variety of artistic styles, and focused particularly on paintings of birds and flowers. He was also proficient incalligraphy .Although better known for his "Gujin Tushu Jicheng", Jiang also contributed—along with other scholars—in the compilation of the "Daqing Yitongzhi" ('Gazetteer of the Qing Empire').Fairbank & Teng, 211.] This geographical
gazetteer was provided with a preface in 1744 (more than a decade after Jiang's death), revised in 1764, and reprinted in 1849.Notes
References
*Fairbank, J.K. and S.Y. Teng. "On the Ch'ing Tributary System," "Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies" (Volume 6, Number 2, 1941): 135–246.
*Nie, Chongzheng, [http://203.72.198.245/web/Content.asp?ID=76959&Query=1 "Jiang Tingxi"] . "Encyclopedia of China ", 1st ed.
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