Zhang Sengyou (simplified Chinese: 张僧繇; traditional Chinese: 張僧繇; pinyin: Zhāng Sēngyóu) was a Liang dynasty painter in the ink style in the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang.
His birth and death years are unknown, but he was active c. 490 – c. 540. He was from the Wu Commandery (around present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu).
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