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[[Image:Xia Chang-Bamboo in Wind.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Xia Chang, ''Bamboo in Wind'', [[Palace Museum]], Beijing]]<br />
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'''Xia Chang''' ({{zh|c=夏昶|p=Xià Chàng|w='''Hsia Ch'ang'''}}; 1388–1470) originally named '''Zhu Chang''',<ref>Goodrich, L. Carrington, Lee, Hwa-chou, 1976. "Hsia Ch'ang", ''Dictionary of Ming biography'', Columbia University Press</ref> was a [[Ming dynasty]] Chinese painter and government official.<br />
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Xia specialized in [[bamboo painting|ink bamboo painting]], following the style of [[Wang Fu (painter)|Wang Fu]].<ref name="chinaweb">{{cite web|url=http://www.china-on-site.com/pages/painter/1071.php|title=Xià Chǎng Brief Biography|access-date=2008-07-09}}</ref> His [[courtesy name]] was 'Zhongzhao' ({{lang|zh|仲昭}}) and his [[art name]]s were 'Yufeng' ({{lang|zh|玉峰}}) and 'Zizai jushi' ({{lang|zh|自在居士}}).<ref name="Gudai">中国古代书画鑑定组: Page 13.</ref><br />
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==Life==<br />
Xia Chang was born Zhu Chang in September 1388 in [[Kunshan]]. He passed the Imperial examinations in 1415, and entered the Hanlin academy. The [[Yongle Emperor]] ordered him to write inscriptions for new buildings in [[Beijing]]. <br />
In 1422 Xia Chang was transferred to a position in [[Beijing]], which had recently replaced [[Nanjing]] as imperial capital. He became a secretary of the Bureau of Evaluations in the Ministry of personnel. <br />
In 1448, he became a prefect in [[Jiangxi]] province. He was recalled to Beijing and appointed vice minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. He retired in 1457, and died in 1470.<ref>Goodrich, L. Carrington, Lee, Hwa-chou, 1976. "Hsia Ch'ang", ''Dictionary of Ming biography'', Columbia University Press</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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* Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu ({{lang|zh-Hans|中国古代书画鑑定组}}). 2000. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji ({{lang|zh-Hans|中国绘画全集}}). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 10.<br />
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