# Xia Chang

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{{Short description|Chinese painter and government official}}
{{family name hatnote|[Xia](/source/Xia_(surname))|lang=Chinese}}
[[Image:Xia Chang-Bamboo in Wind.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Xia Chang, ''Bamboo in Wind'', [Palace Museum](/source/Palace_Museum), Beijing]]

'''Xia Chang''' ({{zh|c=夏昶|p=Xià Chàng|w='''Hsia Ch'ang'''}}; 1388–1470) originally named '''Zhu Chang''',<ref>Goodrich, L. Carrington, Lee, Hwa-chou, 1976. "Hsia Ch'ang", ''Dictionary of Ming biography'', Columbia University Press</ref> was a [Ming dynasty](/source/Ming_dynasty) Chinese painter and government official.

Xia specialized in [ink bamboo painting](/source/bamboo_painting), following the style of [Wang Fu](/source/Wang_Fu_(painter)).<ref name="chinaweb">{{cite web|url=http://www.china-on-site.com/pages/painter/1071.php|title=Xià Chǎng Brief Biography|access-date=2008-07-09|archive-date=2019-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418001030/http://www.china-on-site.com/pages/painter/1071.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> His [courtesy name](/source/courtesy_name) was 'Zhongzhao' ({{lang|zh|仲昭}}) and his [art name](/source/art_name)s were 'Yufeng' ({{lang|zh|玉峰}}) and 'Zizai jushi' ({{lang|zh|自在居士}}).<ref name="Gudai">中国古代书画鑑定组: Page 13.</ref>

==Life==
Xia Chang was born Zhu Chang in September 1388 in [Kunshan](/source/Kunshan). He passed the Imperial examinations in 1415, and entered the Hanlin academy. The [Yongle Emperor](/source/Yongle_Emperor) ordered him to write inscriptions for new buildings in [Beijing](/source/Beijing). 
In 1422 Xia Chang was transferred to a position in [Beijing](/source/Beijing), which had recently replaced [Nanjing](/source/Nanjing) as imperial capital. He became a secretary of the Bureau of Evaluations in the Ministry of personnel. 
In 1448, he became a prefect in [Jiangxi](/source/Jiangxi) province. He was recalled to Beijing and appointed vice minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices. He retired in 1457, and died in 1470.<ref>Goodrich, L. Carrington, Lee, Hwa-chou, 1976. "Hsia Ch'ang", ''Dictionary of Ming biography'', Columbia University Press</ref>

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* Zhongguo gu dai shu hua jian ding zu ({{lang|zh-Hans|中国古代书画鑑定组}}). 2000. Zhongguo hui hua quan ji ({{lang|zh-Hans|中国绘画全集}}). Zhongguo mei shu fen lei quan ji. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. Volume 10.

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