A Life in Ink and Verse Born in Huating in the Shanghai province, Sun Kehong lived through the shifting landscapes of the Ming dynasty. He was a man of many disciplines, finding expression not only through the brush of a painter but also through the precision of a calligrapher and the rhythm of a poet. Known by his style name Yunzhi and his sobriquet Xueju, he moved through a world where art and intellect were deeply intertwined. His e…