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Wu Daozi was one of the greatest of all Chinese artists. He was well-known for ___1___ own way of painting with excellent skills.

Wu lost his parents when he was a young ___2___ and he lived a very poor life. The young Wu had to work very ___3___ to make a living. He began to learn painting not from famous painters ___4___ that time, but from folk artisans (民间手艺人) in today’s Henan Province.

In order to learn how to paint landscapes (风景) Wu followed a great painter and he ___5___ to many places with mountains and rivers. After three ___6___ of learning, he created the so-called shuti of landscape painting. Also, he became the first artist in Chinese art history to ___7___ landscapes into a new kind of painting.

Besides landscapes, Wu also learned a lot in painting human figures. He was especially good at it ___8___ developed his special painting skills.

During his lifetime, Wu painted ___9___ than 300 amazing murals (壁画). No wonder he is ___10___ as a “Sage of Art” (画圣) in China.

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