The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove

This Video will explore the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. With information taken from the Records of the Three Kingdoms.

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Images

16th-century depiction by Sesson Shukei
By Sesson Shukei - This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the Image and Data Resources Open Access Policy, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=57381195

The Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove (1616) by Li Shida of the Chinese Ming dynasty By Li Shida (1550–after 1623) - Seven Worthies of the Bamboo Grove. Telling Images of China (2010 exhibit). Dublin: Chester Beatty Library.(direct link to image)(web archive link for work)(web archive link for exhibit), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65006955

The seven worthies of the bamboo grove (Cao Wei-Jin dynasties).
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1125031

Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (with the addition of an anachronistic or immortal Rong Qiqi). From rubbing of Eastern Jin molded tomb bricks.
By Unknown author - Unknown source, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2610717
Details of the molded-brick relief "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi", found from an Eastern Jin or Southern dynasties tomb near Nanjing, which depicts Shan Tao (left) and Wang Rong (right).By Unknown author - www.xs4all.nl, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6500267

Details of the molded-brick relief "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove and Rong Qiqi", found from an Eastern Jin or Southern dynasties tomb near Nanjing, which depicts Rong Qiqi (left) and Ruan Xian (right).
By Unknown author - www.xs4all.nl, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11390020

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove embroidered on dark blue satin woven silk, 1860–1880.
By Wikipedia Loves Art participant "va_va_val" - Uploaded from the Wikipedia Loves Art photo pool on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8444890

"The Seven Saints in the Bamboo Wood" painted inside the Long Corridor on the grounds of the Summer Palace in Beijing, China.
By Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1596210

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove (with a boy attendant), in a Kano school Japanese painting of the Edo period
By image merge by Tahoenathan - Nathan Alexander; scanned by User:Lx_121; painted by Yukinobu (more research needed, to establish which of several Japanese artists using this Go-name) - Japan; merged image created from scanset of painting, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15375670

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove depicted in the Long Corridor, one of whom is Liu Ling
By Shizhao - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=28100213

Ruan Ji, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove, as depicted in Sun Wei's "Gao Yi Tu" (Picture of Learned Men)
By Sun Wei - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/%E9%AB%98%E9%80%B8%E5%9C%96.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=117471692