Wang Ximeng, a prodigy, is one of…

Wang Ximeng, a prodigy, is one of the most renowned court painters of the Northern Song period, and has been taught personally by Emperor Huizong of Song himself.

He will die at the age of twenty-three.

Wang's only surviving work is an 11.9 meter (thirty-nine feet) long scroll titled A Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains.

The painting, finished by Wang when he was only eighteen in 1113, is one of the largest in Chinese history, and has been described as one of the greatest works of Chinese art.

The painting is in the permanent collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.