Complex sentence: The pine, bamboo, and plum first appeared together in a ninth century poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Zhu Qingyu (朱慶餘) and Song Dynasty painter Zhao Mengjian (趙孟堅), amongst other artists, made this grouping popular around the 13th century.
Split into simpler sentences: The pine, bamboo, and plum first appeared together in a ninth century poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Zhu Qingyu (朱慶餘). The Song Dynasty painter Zhao Mengjian (趙孟堅), amongst other artists, made this grouping popular around the 13th century.