Shuu Moshuku　周茂叔

KEY WORD :　art history / paintings

Ch: Zhou Maoshu (1017-73). A well-known Confucian scholar of the Northern Song Dynasty, depicted in a tradition of imaginary portraits. He is best known as an originator of Neo-Confucian thought and teacher of brilliant philosophers Cheng Yi 程頤 (1033-1107) and Cheng Hao 程( ) (1032-85). Shuu Moshuku's real name was Zhou Dunyi (Jp: Shuu Ton-i 周敦頤). After giving up a career as an official, in 1072 he built a study near Mt. Lu 廬 below Lianhua 蓮花 peak at a place called Lianxi (Jp: Renkei 濂渓). He also is known as the Master-teacher of Lian Ravine (Ch: Lianxi Xiansheng, Jp: Renkei Sensei 濂渓先生). Zhou Maoshu is said to have been fond of the lotus, writing on the subject in 1063 and because of this association he was included in the painting theme of Four Favorites *Shiai 四愛. In painting he is depicted viewing lotus flowers from a lakeside pavilion or from a boat. There are neither recorded nor extant paintings of Zhou in China. The version by Kanou Masanobu 狩野正信 (1434-1530; Nakamura 中村 Collection, Tokyo) is well known.

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