Portrait of Situ Xie

A woodblock print portrait depicts Xie, the ancestral founder of the Shang dynasty, who served as the Minister of Education, known as Situ Minister of Education. He is shown as a middle-aged man with a prominent forehead, a mustache, and a long goatee. He wears a traditional scholar-official's cap and a wide-sleeved robe with a cross-collar. His hands are tucked into his sleeves in a formal posture.