Ren Xun (任薰) , 荷塘鴛鴦. Ren Xun (任薰;ca. 1835–1893) was a Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty. Ren was born in Xiaoshan in Zhejiang province. Ren came from a family of artists, his brother was Ren Xiong. His paintings were primarily of human figures, done in the style of Chen Hongshou.