Interesting story telling, narrating at the right pace and details presented. This is not to criticise you, some of your story you narrate too fast and at the same time contains lots of detail info. With the fast pace on most occasions, I need to view it the second time to catch most of the details so have a better understanding. Xu Beihong Hong was famous enough as a painter that many people knew about him outside China, and in S. E. Asia.
The quote you used from Shakespeare is not correct. It's from Helen Rowland, "To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot but love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all." Overall, you are a good storyteller. Thanks for sharing.