China: 'Yellow Jiatu' by Xu Wei (1521 - 1593), ink and brush on paper. Palace Museum, Beijing. Xu Wei was a Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644) Chinese painter, poet, writer and dramatist. Revolutionary for its time, his painting style influenced and inspired countless subsequent painters, such as Bada Shanren, the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, and the modern masters Wu Changshuo and Qi Baishi.