pThis book is in the Cambria Sinophone World Series, headed by Victor Mair University of Pennsylvania.ppIncludes color images.ppAlthough studies of collectors and collections are on the rise, the collector in China with not only the largest number of high-quality antique paintings but also the most comprehensive and scholarly record of his collection has largely been left unexamined. Pang Yuanji 1864-1949 is that collector, and this book addresses the situation. Analysis of Pang's collection reveals not only his personal taste but also how his taste was an expression of the Qing dynasty canon. As such, Pang's taste is shown to be standard for the time, and then the standard upheld in new collections abroad. When Pang's renowned collection became a source for object acquisition by U.S. collectors and museums new to Chinese art especially Charles Lang Freer and the Freer Gallery, this taste was inevitably absorbed and disseminated through museum exhibitions and scholarly research and tea