Lady Li
Dates: before 923 - after 934
Occupation: artist, painter
Known for: credited with inventing brush painting of bamboo
Lady Li of Shu (Sichuan) is credited with beginning an artistic tradition by tracing on her paper window with a brush the shadows cast by the moon and bamboo.
The Taoist writer Chuang-tzu also uses the name Lady Li for a parable about clinging to life in the face of death.
Also on this site
- Top Picks: Books About Women in the 10th Century
- Women's History - China
- Women and Painting: Female Painters and Images of Women in Paintings
Print Bibliography
- Kang-i Chang. Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and Criticism. 1999. (mentions Lady Li briefly)
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Marsha Weidner. Flowering in the Shadows: Women in the History of Chinese and Japanese Painting. 1990.
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About Lady Li
- Categories: painter, artist
- Places: China, Shu, Sichuan
- Period: 10th century
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