Painting and calligraphy in Northern Qi Dynasty is a colorful silk painting created by Yang Zihua in Northern Qi Dynasty. It was originally lost, but the existing copy of the Song Dynasty is now in the Boston Museum of Art..
There are three groups of characters in the picture. In the middle are four literati sitting on the couch. They meditate, write, leave or stay. They are vivid and meticulous, and the waitresses standing by also express their opinions. This painting uses a smooth pen, and the color is simple and beautiful.
According to historical records, in the seventh year of natural forest protection in Northern Qi Dynasty (556), in order to arrange books for the Crown Prince to learn, Wen Xuandi in Northern Qi Dynasty made some talented officials at that time, such as Jizhou Scholar and Shangshu Province 1 1 person * * *, and the reason why books were so chaotic was directly related to Emperor Liang Yuan:
Xiao Yi ascended the throne in the first year of Liang Chengsheng in the Southern Dynasty (552). In the fourth year of Liang Chengsheng in the Southern Dynasty (555), he was defeated by Jiangling, captured and killed, only three years later.
To make matters worse, in the third year of Liang Chengsheng in the Southern Dynasties (554) 165438+ October, when the Western Wei army approached Jiangling, the capital of Liang Dynasty, and Emperor Liang Yuan knew that it was irreparable, he burned 240,000 volumes of ancient books collected in the Southern Dynasties.
The collating books organized by the Northern Qi Dynasty still played a good role in the collection of ancient books and became a temporary literary event at that time. Yang Zihua may have created this painting a few years after the collating book was finished, or more than ten years later, not too far apart.