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Classics of the Imperial Palace: Catalog of Animals Collected in the Qing Palace introduces Catalog of Animals, a large literature and history project in Qianlong period of Qing dynasty. It¡¯s started in 1750 and completed in 1761. The book includes 180 paintings of auspicious beasts, strange beasts, mythical creatures and conventional animals, each of which is provided with a detailed description of name, habit and living environment, making an illustrated catalog of animals. Classics of the Imperial Palace: Catalog of Animals Collected in the Qing Palace was painted by famous court painters Yu Xing and Zhang Weibang at that time, which carried forward the traditional realistic style and added in Western painting's light & shadow techniques. Exquisite and lifelike, it is a great work of court paintings of Qing dynasty and also a masterpiece of elaborate-style painting, having high artistic value.