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Kun Can (髡殘, Buddhist name; common name: 劉石谿 (Liu Shixi or Liu Jieqiu)) (1612 to after 1674) was aChinese Buddhist monk and painter during Ming and Qing dynasties. He hailed fromHunan, but spent most of his life inNanjing. He became aChan Buddhist monk at an early age and in Nanjing was abbot of a monastery on Niushou Shan. His style of landscape painting was influenced byWang Meng and he is one of theFour Monk Masters in the earlyQing Dynasty. The others beingZhu Da,Hong Ren, andShitao. As he was also known as Shi Xi he was at times said to be one of the "Two Shi". Few of Kun Can's works survive.
Unlike some of the other Monk Masters he seems to have become a monk well before the fall of theMing dynasty. In personality he was noted for being frank and straightforward.
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