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Xiao Yuncong [Hsiao Yün-ts’ung; zi Chimu; hao Wumen Daoren]
(b Wuhu, Anhui Province, 1596; d 1673). Chinese painter and poet. He was born some 150 km north of the region inhabited by artists of the ANHUI SCHOOL, with which he became associated, and was a contemporary of its leading member, Hongren. His family hoped he would pursue an official career, but Xiao failed the civil service examinations and instead became a semi-professional painter. He joined the loyalist Fu she (Restoration Society) in 1638 and in 1645 was forced to flee Wuhu in the face of invading Qing troops. On his return two years later he found his house ruined.
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