Shi Rui courtesy name also Shi Rui, was a Chinese

Chinese people

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 landscape and building painter in the early Ming Dynasty

Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...

. His birth and death years are unknown. He was a native of Qiantang (錢塘, modern day Hangzhou

Hangzhou

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 in Zhejiang Province

Zhejiang

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) and was active during the Xuande era (1426–1435) up to the Jingtai

Jingtai Emperor

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era (1449–1457). He served as a official at the Hall of Benevolence and Wisdom (仁智殿)