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Gong Xian 龔賢

1690s · Qing China

Things that cannot go into a painting: pigs, money, and nasty young men.

物之不可入畫者,豬也,阿堵物也,惡少年也。

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Zhang Chao 張潮

1690s · Qing China

A person should try to be fit for a poem; a thing should try to be fit for a painting.

人須求可入詩,物須求可入畫。

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