Zhou Wenju

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Zhou.

Zhou Wenju (Chinese: 周文矩) (fl. 942–961), also known as Chou Wen-chu, was a Chinese painter during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907-960). His exact birth and death dates are not known.

Zhou was born in Jurong, and specialized in figure painting. He worked as a painter in attendance at the Painting Academy of the Southern Tang court. It is recorded that Zhou participated in executing a joint work at the banquet held by Emperor Yuanzong of Southern Tang on New Year's Day, 947.[1] A follower of Zhou Fang (Tang dynasty) in the Tang. Quite a few paintings are attributed to him, but none with much evidence.[2] Most works attributed to him are later copies or misatributions. Four scroll monochrome copies before 1140 are a little plausible, one of which is in Metropolitan museum (images in gallery).

## Gallery[edit]

* A Literary Garden (文苑图 Wenyuantu)

* Chess Meeting with Double Screens (重屏会棋图 Zhongping Huiqitu), depicting Li Jing and his brothers playing weiqi

* In the Palace (宫中图 Gongzhongtu), 12th century copy, section one.

* In the Palace, section two.

* In the Palace, section three.

* In the Palace, section four.

* In the Palace, section five.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Guo Ruoxu, Tuhua Jianwenzhi, vol.6, about ACE1081,
2. ^ "Lecture note by Prof. James Cahill" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-09-08.

## External links[edit]

* In the Palace after a work attributed to Zhou Wenju at Cleveland Museum
* In the Palace  at Metropolitan Museum
* In the Palace  at Harvard Museum

Media related to Chou Wen-chu at Wikimedia Commons

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