Ju Chao (; 1811–1865), a native of

Panyu Panyu, formerly romanized as Punyü, is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. Since January 1975, Panyu County has been under Guangzhou's administration. In 1992, Panyu C ...

(番禺), now

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, was a famed Chinese painter in the

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. His

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was Meisheng (梅生), and

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Meichao (梅巢) or Guquan. He was the older brother (or cousin) of the painter Ju Lian.Cihai: Page 1073 under Ju Lian's entry. He wrote "Poems of Shouxie Shi" (首邪室诗) and "Yanyu Ci" (烟语词).

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* Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会). Ci hai (辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (上海辞书出版社), 1979. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ju, Chao 1811 births 1865 deaths People from Panyu District Artists from Guangzhou Qing dynasty poets Writers from Guangzhou Poets from Guangdong Painters from Guangdong 19th-century Chinese poets 19th-century Chinese painters