hu Jui, a native of Hopei, served as a Painter-in-Attendance in the Imperial Painting Academy during the Hsüan-ho period (1119-1125). In the Shao-hsing period (1131-1162), he was reinstated as a painter at court. He was skilled in painting figures and landscapes, and studied the style of Wang Wei. He particularly liked painting fishing nets, hunting scenes in the snow, and horse carts. He was a master at painting details and constructing interesting compositions.In blue-and-green landscape painting of the Sung dynasty, there is the tendency not to cover the entire painting with colors but to paint the tops of mountains and rocks with heavy blue and green pigments, as in this painting. This painting bears neither signature nor seals of the artist, but has a label attributing it to Chu Jui. It is similar in style to the fifth leaf in the album An-t'ung ts'e by chu Tz'u-chung, and in fact, both leaves appear to be by the same hand. This painting cannot be securely attributed to Chu Jui at this time, but only Southern Sung artists of great skill can paint a work with such a fine composition, such expert handling of brush and ink, and such elegant, light coloration.