Xu Xi, an outstanding painter in the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, was born in Jinling (now Nanjing), and a native of Zhongling (now Jinxian in Jiangxi). Born in the "Jiangnan Famous Clan". Born during the Guangqi reign of Emperor Xi Zong of the Tang Dynasty, and later returned to the Song Dynasty with Li Houzhu in the last year of Kaibao (AD 975), he died soon afterwards. He was not an official in his life, and Guo Ruoxu called him the "Jiangnan Chief". Shen Kuo said he was "Jiangnan Commoner". His temperament is bold and broad-minded, his ambitions are high, he is good at painting flowers, bamboo trees, cicadas, butterflies, and insects. The beauty is no different from nature.