Gongsun Sheng

A dragon

## Personality

A sophisticated epicurean, Gongsun Sheng is fond of good food, good wine, good tea, the strategy game Go, literature, calligraphy, painting and music.

Gongsun Sheng is also an avid collector of Chinese books, paintings, calligraphy and ceramics.

## History

A Chinese Dragon born in China during the Song Dynasty, he was raised by a human Taoist master and hermit who taught him Taoism and Senjutsu, he frequently associated with Chinese humans particularly scholars. Gongsun Sheng also befriended Olentia when she was in China during the Song Dynasty, Gongsun Sheng have witnessed China's transition throughout the ages including the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty and also the founding of the Republic of China.

## Power & Abilities

Master Magician: Gongsun Sheng is an extremely powerful master of Taoist magic with immense knowledge and experience due to centuries of study and practise in Taoist mysticism.

Senjutsu Master

Master Swordsman

Shapeshifting

Genius Intellect

* Master Scholar

Master Artist: Gongsun is an outstanding genius artist in both Chinese painting and calligraphy.

* Master Painter: Gongsun Sheng is one of the greatest guohua painters of China with immense artistic talent, skills, knowledge and several centuries of painting experience, having studied and practised painting since the Song Dynasty and was already considered a genius painter whose talent was acknowledged by the famous Song Huizong himself as one of his most talented court painters. Gongsun Sheng first studied painting by referring to Gu Kaizhi, Zhang Sengyao, Wu Daozi, Wang Wei, Bian Luan and Gu Hongzhong. Ever after becoming a full fledged master painter, he continued to improve his artistic knowledge and skills throughout his entire life by intensively studying and duplicating copies of countless famous paintings by numerous Chinese master painters of successive eras such as Guo Xi, Wen Tong, Song Huizong, Zhang Zeduan and Li Gonglin of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu, Ni Zan and Huang Gongwang of the Yuan Dynasty, Shen Zhou, Qiu Ying, Tang Yin, Xu Wei and Dong Qichang of the Ming Dynasty and Bada Shangren, Kun Can, Shi Tao, Yun Shouping, Jin Nong, Wu Changshuo and Zheng Xie of the Qing Dynasty. Being a genius master art forger, Gongsun Sheng can perfectly recreate historical masterpieces of famous guohua masters.

* Master Calligrapher: A genius calligrapher, Gongsun Sheng is one of the greatest calligraphers in China, specialzing in Epistles school of Chinese calligraphy. Having developed his calligraphy skills by learning from Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Chu Suiliang, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Huang Tingjian and Su Shi in the Song Dynasty then honed through lifelong practise. Even after becoming a master calligrapher, Gongsun Sheng remained devoted to the study of fellow calligraphic masters such as Song Huizong, Zhao Mengfu, Wen Zhengming, Zhu Yunming and Dong Qichang.

Master Chef: Having centuries of cooking experience, Gongsun Sheng is one of the finest chefs in China, having once been an imperial chef for Emperor Yongle during the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Qianlong during the Qing Dynasty. His culinary specialties are Chinese aristocrat cuisine and Chinese imperial cuisine.

* Peking Duck: Beijing's famous roast duck, Gongsun Sheng could prepared peking duck in both closed oven style which he had mastered as a former chef from Bianyifang and and open oven style used by the Qing dynasty imperial chefs which he also mastered during his time as an imperial chef.

Master Musician: Gongsun Sheng is an extremely talented virtuoso guoyue musician with immense skills and experience in playing the guqin and dizi since the Song Dynasty.

## Equipment

**Cloud Dragon Sword** (雲龍剣, *Unryu-ken*): A Spirit Sword masterfully crafted by his disciple Ou Jiang, one of his best masterpieces.

Dragon Vein Cure Pot (龍脈癒の壺, *Ryumyaku Yu no Tsubo*): An ancient Taoist magic pot created by Zhang Daoling, the first leader of Zhengyi Taoism. Given to Gongsun Sheng by his human Taoist master during the Song Dynasty. It can absorb earth based ki from leylines and convert it into healing energy.

## Trivia

* Gongsun Sheng’s favourite food are
	+ Bianjing roast duck
	+ Peking duck
	+ Dongpo pork
	+ Coiled Dragon dish
	+ Dragon beard noodles
	+ Hui mian
	+ Tangbao
	+ Braised shark fin
	+ Hundred birds towards phoenix
	+ Chicken jumping li
* Gongsun Sheng’s favourite drinks are
* Huangjiu
* Chrysanthenum wine
* Green tea particularly Longjing tea and Biluochun

* Gongsun Sheng's hobbies are Sinology, Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy, playing Go, playing the guqin and dizi, travelling to mountains and rivers.

* Gongsun Sheng is a very passionate cook due to influence from his friend Su Shi a noted gastronome. He also worked as a chef in certain points of time throughout Chinese history including being a chef for imperial officials and the imperial families of the Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty. He also once worked as a chef for Bianyifang the famous peking duck restaurant in Beijing. He is also close friends with many Chinese culinary experts including Zhang Dongguang, the head imperial chef of Qing Emperor Qianlong and the gastronome Yuan Mei who is the founder of Suiyuan cuisine.