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The Yuan dynasty calligrapher Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) is said to have transcribed the <em>Heart Sutra</em> for a certain priest named Li in exchange for tea. Later, during the Ming dynasty, the professional painter Qiu Ying from Suzhou painted this scene for his patron.<br><br>Here, Zhao Mengfu holds a brush and has a piece of paper laid out before him. On the table is an ink stone, an ink stick, and a small water dropper. Drops of water would dissolve the ink stick into liquid ink when it was ground on the flat square stone.</div>
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Qiu Ying</div>
1542<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1542-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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