Bian Jingzhao (), styled Wenjin (), was a famed Chinese painter in the early

Ming dynasty The Ming dynasty, officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming was the last imperial dynasty of ...

. His birth and death years are unknown. He was born in

Sanming Sanming ( zh, s=, p=Sānmíng, Foochow Romanized: Săng-mìng), also known as Minzhong ( zh, s=闽中 , t=閩中 , 中=Mǐnzhōng , links=no), is a prefecture-level city in western Fujian province, China. It borders Nanping City to the north, Fuz ...

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

into a family of Longxi origin,中国古代书画鑑定组: Page 8. and was active 1426–1435.Barnhart: Page 203. Image:Bian Jingzhao-Snow Plum and Twin Cranes.jpg, ''Snow Plum and Twin Cranes'' Image:Bian Jingzhao-Birds Flocking at Flowers and Bamboo.jpg, ''Birds Flocking at Flowers and Bamboo'' Image:Bian Wenjin, Three Friends and a Hundred Birds.jpg, ''Three Friends and One Hundred Birds'' Image:Bian Jingzhao and Wang Fu-Bamboo and Cranes Twin Clarity.jpg, ''Bamboo and Cranes - Twin Clarity''

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* Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. * Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu (). 2000. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji (). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 10. Ming dynasty painters Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Painters from Gansu Painters from Fujian People from Dingxi People from Sanming {{China-painter-stub