The Painting Master's Shame: Liang Shicheng and the Xuanhe Catalogue of Paintings

by Amy McNair

Overturning the long-held assumption that the Xuanhe Catalogue of Paintings was the work of the Northern Song emperor Huizong (r. 1100-1126), Amy McNair argues that it was compiled instead under the direction of Liang Shicheng. Liang, a high-ranking eunuch official who sought to raise his social status from that of despised menial to educated elite, had privileged access to the emperor and palace. McNair's study, based on her translation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674293746
• ISBN13: 9780674293748
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 268 Pages