Dai Jin is noted as the founder of the Zhe school of Ming dynasty painting. He began his life in Hangzhou. Although he studied painting as a boy his initial occupation was carpentry. Later he became known for landscapes and animal paintings. His school would be known as a conservative one that studied the Yuan masters. He served as an official for a time but after angering the Emperor he returned to Hangzhou in Zhejiang, Zhejiang being where the Zhe school was based.
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*''Masterpieces of Chinese Art'' , by Rhonda and Jeffrey Cooper, Todtri Productions, 1997. ISBN 1577170601
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