window, burning incense to right and left. He would choose the finest brushes, the most exquisite ink; wash his hands, and clean the ink-stone, as though he were expecting a visitor of rank. He waited until his mind was calm and undisturbed, and then began." See also Chinese art Chinese painting Culture of the Song dynasty History of Chinese art Notes References Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (). Ci hai (). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (), 1979. Guo Xi's Early Spring 1020s births 1090s deaths Song dynasty landscape painters Court painters People from Jiaozuo Painters from Henan 11th-century Chinese painters