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This is a painting of Chao Chi (1082-1135), Emperor Hui-tsung, with slight facial hair and wearing a red robe with a round collar. He wears a black gauze official's cap along with black court shoes shown on a footrest. He is shown sitting on a high-back chair over which is draped a yellow cloth. In this painting, Hui-tsung appears quite handsome and young, this probably being an early portrait of him. In terms of governing the affairs of state, Emperor Hui-tsung was perhaps not the most successful of rulers. His extravagant and wasteful lifestyle, combined with his errant belief in the well-being of the country, led to the loss of the north to invading peoples of the Chin dynasty. He was even captured by the Chin and ended up dying in captivity in the north. Hui-tsung's achievements in the arts, however, were unmatched among emperors. Not only was he a capable calligrapher, he was also a gifted painter and an astute connoisseur, leading the Sung dynasty to a peak in the history of Chinese art.(20061206)
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