Illustration of Su Shis “Second Ode on Red Cliff” dated 1628 Zhang Ruitu Chinese Passing the palace examination with high honors in 1607, Zhang Ruitu held a number of important government posts before being elevated to the grand secretariat in 1626 through the support of the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627). Zhang, a renowned calligrapher, won favor with Wei by writing out texts composed in the eunuch's honor. Although Zhang retired from office in 1628, shortly after Wei's downfall, he was later listed as one of the eunuch's followers andescaped imprisonment only by paying a large fine. He spent his last years in his native Fujian, and most of his paintings date to that period.Zhang Ruitu's illustration of Su Shi's (1036-1101) Second Ode on the Red Cliff focuses on the moment Su Shi, separated from his companions, climbs the cliff and comes face-to-face with untamed nature. The painting and Zhang's accompanying transcription of another poem by Su Shi, Nostalgia for the Past a

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Illustration of Su Shis “Second Ode on Red Cliff” dated 1628 Zhang Ruitu Chinese Passing the palace examination with high honors in 1607, Zhang Ruitu held a number of important government posts before being elevated to the grand secretariat in 1626 through the support of the powerful eunuch Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627). Zhang, a renowned calligrapher, won favor with Wei by writing out texts composed in the eunuch's honor. Although Zhang retired from office in 1628, shortly after Wei's downfall, he was later listed as one of the eunuch's followers andescaped imprisonment only by paying a large fine. He spent his last years in his native Fujian, and most of his paintings date to that period.Zhang Ruitu's illustration of Su Shi's (1036-1101) Second Ode on the Red Cliff focuses on the moment Su Shi, separated from his companions, climbs the cliff and comes face-to-face with untamed nature. The painting and Zhang's accompanying transcription of another poem by Su Shi, Nostalgia for the Past a

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