Brief Introduction to the Author of Yuan Nizan's Empty Forest Map after Rain

Ni Zan, China, Yuan Dynasty painter and poet. Formerly known as Zhen, Zizhen, Yunlin, alias Fantasy Xia Sheng, Jing Manmin, etc. A native of Meilituo Village, Wuxi, Changzhou (now Meili Town, Wuxi, Jiangsu). Born in a rich family in Jiangnan, he believes in Taoism. At the end of the yuan dynasty, in order to avoid war and run out of money, he hid in three branches of five lakes and sent calligraphy and painting. He is withdrawn, unsociable and a neat freak. The world calls him Ni Yu. Good at landscapes, bamboo stones, dead wood, etc. And his landscape teachers Dong Yuan, Hao Jing, Guan Tong, Li Cheng, etc. have all developed, and their paintings are unpretentious and their styles are naive and quiet. Most of the works draw mountains and rivers around Taihu Lake, with plain composition and simple scenery, mostly sparse slopes and shallow water. Using a pen to change the center to the side, folding and drawing stones, the pen and ink are dry, elegant and rambling, the artistic conception is desolate and lonely, and the style is simple and detached. Mo Zhu Xiao Shuang Qing Li. On painting, the author advocates expressing subjective feelings, and thinks that painting should show the author's "escape from the chest without seeking form", saying that "the so-called servant painter is just unintentional, not seeking form, and chatting to entertain himself." His painting practice and theoretical viewpoints had a great influence on literati painters in Ming and Qing Dynasties and enjoyed a high reputation. His painting history is equal to that of Huang, Zhenwu and Wang Meng. Calligraphy, good at regular script, beautiful and elegant ancient light, Wei Jin people style. There are water bamboo residence map, over-the-knee lent map, fishing village Qiu Ji map, mountain gull map, quiet stream cold pine map, beautiful trees in autumn pavilion, strange rocks and bamboo trees handed down from generation to generation.