Dai Kui

331–396), courtesy name Andao (案道) was a writer, painter, and sculptor who lived during the Eastern Jin dynasty in China.

[1][2] Dai Kui was born in Zhi, modern day Su county in Anhui province.

[3] He and his song, Dai Yong, were extremely influential in reinterpreting Buddhist iconography through a Chinese artistic lens; however, none of their work survives due to the later years of persecution and suppression of Buddhism.

[5] He was known as a poet, painter, and musician and was one of the first to establish the tradition of scientific amateur painting (wenrenhua).

[7] Dai Kui gained some notoriety after an incident where he refused to play the zither, which he was quite accomplished at, for a prince.