Xie An (320-385), courtesy name Anshi .formally Duke Wenjing of Luling , was a Jin Dynasty (265-420) statesman who, despite his lack of military ability, led Jin through a major crisis -- attacks by Former Qin. His line became one of the two most honored during the subsequent Southern Dynasties -- the other being Wang Dao's line -- and in the minds of the people no less honored than imperial clans.
Sake and Vanzetti's Passion mk250 Oil on canvas, 214.6x121.9 cm. In the year 1931-1932. New York Whitney Museum of American Art.
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