Gu Kaizhi's artistic style and painting achievements

Gu Kaizhi (348-409) is an outstanding painter, painting theorist and poet. Gu Kaizhi is well-read and good at poetry and calligraphy, especially painting. Specializing in portraits, Buddha statues, animals, landscapes, etc. Painting characters advocates vividness and attaches importance to finishing touches. Good at using environmental description to express the interest and expression of characters. Drawing Xie Kun in the canyon highlights the interest of the characters. The lines he painted are made of Gu You Si Miao, and the lines are tight and continuous, such as silkworms spinning, floating clouds and flowing water, which are natural and smooth. At that time, it was called "gifted scholar and painting idiot". Gu Kaizhi has also made outstanding achievements in painting theory. There are three painting theories today: Wei Jinsheng's Painting Praise, On Painting and Painting Yuntai Mountain. Gu Kaizhi's painting and his theory laid the foundation for the development of traditional painting in China. In order to achieve his highest artistic achievement, he adopted the philosophy of "mixing idiots and storing wisdom".