publisher. He worked in calligraphy, painting, and seal-carving (his own
seal pictured), but was primarily a publisher, producing academic texts
and records of his work. Hu lived in Nanjing during the transition from
the Ming dynasty to the Qing dynasty. A Ming loyalist, he designed the
Hongguang Emperor's personal seal and was offered a position at the
emperor's remnant court, but declined the post, and held only minor
political offices. He largely retired from society after the emperor's
capture and death in 1645. He owned and operated an academic publishing
house called the Ten Bamboo Studio in Nanjing, where he practised
various multi-colour printing and embossing techniques. Hu's work
pioneered new techniques in colour printmaking, producing delicate
gradations of colour not previously achievable. He is best known for The
Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting and Calligraphy, an artist's primer
which remained in print for around 200 years.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Zhengyan>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1542:
Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo became the first
European to set foot on Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of
California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Catalina_Island,_California>
1763:
Following Great Britain's acquisition of New France after the
end of the Seven Years' War, King George III issued a Royal Proclamation
closing most of this land to the residents of the Thirteen Colonies and
reserving it for indigenous peoples.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Proclamation_of_1763>
1919:
KLM, the oldest airline in the world still operating under its
original name, was founded.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM>
1976:
Hua Guofeng succeeded Mao Zedong as Chairman of the Communist
Party of China.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hua_Guofeng>
2001:
War on Terrorism: The War in Afghanistan began with an aerial
bombing campaign targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
flack:
To publicise, to promote.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/flack>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human
existence.
--Desmond Tutu
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu>
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