Xiao Yuncong

Xiao Yuncong (simplified Chinese: 萧云从; traditional Chinese: 蕭雲從; pinyin: Xiāo Yúncóng; Wade–Giles: Hsiao Yun-ts'ung; 1596–1673) was a famed Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

[1] Xiao was born in Wuhu in Anhui province,[2] at that time part of Taiping Prefecture.

Later in life he acquired the pseudonyms 'Zhongshan Laoren' (中山老人) and 'Anhui Wuhuren' (安徽芜湖人).

[1] Xiao was known for his landscape paintings such as the Taiping shanshui tuhua (太平山水图画)[3] which used dry and twisting brushstrokes called gui shu pai (姑熟派).

In calligraphy, he produced the work Mei Hua Tang Posthumous manuscript (梅花堂遗稿).