Painting: Tao Qian

Tao Qian, also called Tao Yuan Ming, is a great writer from the Jin dynasty. He is regarded as the earliest and most famous poet in China and it can be said that all successful poets in different dynasties in China were all influenced by him. He was not after name and was a person who loved nature and freedom. He gave up his position as a county mayor and went to live in the countryside to live a simple life.

The artist Ms. Zhang Cuiying is an internationally acclaimed Chinese artist living in Australia. From an early age, Ms. Zhang was nurtured and taught by well-known Chinese masters, in the respected discipline of traditional Chinese brush painting. Her works have been extensively published throughout China. One of many honours includes the Asia-Pacific Gold Medal for Chinese Calligraphy and Painting.

Ms. Zhang is an Australia Citizen, and has been a tireless ambassador for human rights, since the conclusion of her eight-month long experience of torture and incarceration in Chinese prisons, for peacefully appealing the communist regime's persecution of Falun Gong.

Ms. Zhang stated, "It is my wish that my art will convey to every viewer the universal principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance". Her work is dedicated to the unalienable right of the individual to freedom and justice worldwide, and is testimony to the highest expression of the human spirit.

Zhang Cuiying has travelled to over 40 countries and 100 cities to exhibit her paintings and tell her story. Ms. Zhang hopes, "I will continue these worldwide art exhibitions. I hope people can clearly understand Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance in Falun Dafa through my experiences of being persecuted, as well as the inner beauty revealed from my art works."