Shi Tao (1642-about 1707), Qing Dynasty painter and master of Chinese painting. The legal name is Yuanji, one is Yuanji, the original surname is Zhu, the name is Ruoji, the word is Shi Tao, and it is also known as the monk of bitter gourd, Dadizi, and Chen of Qingxiang. A native of Quanzhou, Guangxi, settled in Yangzhou in his later years. Descendants of King Jingjiang of the Ming Dynasty, he became a monk after being changed in his childhood, wandering around for half a lifetime, selling paintings as his career. In the early years, the landscape mastered the Song and Yuan dynasties, the painting style was sparse and beautiful, the pen was used in his later years, the ink method was dripping, the grid method was changeable, and the album sketches were especially refined; the flowers were chic and vivid, innocent, and fresh; the characters were born. Clumsy and simple, unique.