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How did the Ming Dynasty painter Gong Xian die?
Gong Xian (1618-1689), with a word of half a thousand, is a wild relic, such as Chai Zhangren, and lives in half an acre. Liang Qing, the servant of Liangshan, is his title. A native of Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, seems to be a patriotic painter and poet with national integrity in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and is known as the first of the "Eight Outstanding Jinling Men". Gong Xian began to learn painting at the age of thirteen. He lived in the late Ming dynasty, and class contradictions and ethnic contradictions were unprecedented sharp. At the age of twenty-one, I came to Nanjing to participate in poetry club activities and criticize the society at that time. Later, in order to make a living, I went to Yangzhou and then to Hai 'an. In A.D. 1664, Gong Xian returned to Nanjing and built a "half acre garden" at the foot of Liang Qingshan. He lived in seclusion and poverty. He mainly paints, which mainly depicts the real landscape of Nanjing. Life in Gongxian in his later years was even more difficult, mainly selling calligraphy and painting and collecting students to teach painting. 1687, Gong Xian met Kong, the author of Peach Blossom Fan, a famous dramatist, who helped Gong Xian both materially and spiritually. 1689, when Gong Xian was seriously ill, he was persecuted by local rich and powerful people. He turned to Kong for help, but before he could get Kong's help, 72-year-old Gong Xian died of hunger and cold. After Gong Xian's death, Kong arranged a funeral and buried him in his former residence in Kunshan.