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Hua jian (Examination of painting), compiled by Tang Hou of the early Yuan dynasty, is an important early work on painting theory, which contains the compiler’s appreciation, evaluation, and authentication of art. The work is of great value in understanding early Yuan painting and its connoisseurship. The ancestral home of Tang Hou (circa 1250‒1320), courtesy name Junzai, style name Caizhenzi, was Shanyin (present-day Huai’an Xian, Jiangsu). His grandfather moved to Jingkou (present-day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu). Tang Hou served as the rector of Lanting Shuyuan Academy in Shaoxinglu Circuit ...