Shi Rui

Shi Rui (simplified Chinese: 石锐; traditional Chinese: 石銳; pinyin: Shí Ruì; Wade–Giles: Shih Jui), courtesy name also Shi Rui, was a Chinese landscape and building painter in the early Ming Dynasty. His birth and death years are unknown. He was a native of Qiantang (錢塘, modern day Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province) and was active during the Xuande era (1426–1435) up to the Jingtai era (1449–1457). He served as an official at the Hall of Benevolence and Wisdom (仁智殿)

Shi Rui, Xuan Yuan Inquires of the Dao, National Palace Museum, Taipei

References

• Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-07013-6
• Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu (中国古代书画鑑定组). 2000. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji (中国绘画全集). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 10.