Li Tang, Liu Songnian, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui, landscape painters in the Southern Song Dynasty, were also called "Li Liu Ma Xia". Four paintings belong to painting style. There was no such name at the beginning. Dong Tang of the Yuan Dynasty said: "For example, Li Tang, Zhou Zeng, Ma Yuan, Xia Gui, Li Jue, Li Anzhong, Lou Guan and Liang Kai, all those who were named in the Southern Song Dynasty Painting Academy were appreciated by Li Tang, and the rest could not be left alone." The proposer of this theory is Tang Yin's title of Liu Songnian's "The Hidden Map of Spring Mountain Fairy" in Ming Dynasty, which is called "Li Liu Ma Xia" in history. Later, Tu Long said: "Li Tang, Liu Songnian, Ma Yuan, Xia Gui, four people from Nandu." Zhang Chou said: "The top scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty was Liu Songnian, followed by Li Tang, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui." Zhang Taijie said: "Liu, Li, Ma and Xia all have heavy names, but Li and Ma are the most important." In a word, the four major painting schools in the Southern Song Dynasty ruled the landscape painting field in the Southern Song Dynasty for more than one hundred years. They add luster to history and painting style, and celebrities are eternal. For example, Li Tang created the "axe chopping" method in his later years, and his representative works include The Map of Wanhe and Song Feng. Liu Songnian people are called "Liu Qingbo" and "Mi Men Liu", and his masterpiece is Four Scenes. Ma Yuan's painting history calls him "the corner of the horse". Representative works include Walking Map and Water Map. Xia Gui's painting style is similar to that of Xia, which is called "Horse and Summer", and painting history calls it "Xia Banbian". Representative works include "Xishan Qingyuan Map" and so on. They also influenced the landscape paintings of Zhejiang School in Ming Dynasty, even as far away as the East, and were highly valued by Japanese painting circles.
By the way, the "four great masters" of China in past dynasties.
Four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty: Yang Jiong, Lu, Luo.
Four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty: Ou Yangxun, Chu Suiliang, Yu Shinan and Xue Ji.
Four friends in Tang Dynasty: Du, Cui Rong, Li Qiao and Su Weidao.
Four masters of regular script: Yan Zhenqing in Tang Dynasty, Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxun and Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty.
Four Great Calligraphers in Song Dynasty: Cai Xiang, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Su Dongpo.
Four great writers in the Northern Song Dynasty: Wang Anshi, Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo and Huang Tingjian.
Four Bachelor's degrees in Su Men: Huang Tingjian, Zhang Lei, Huang Wuxia and Qin Guan.
Four disciples of Cheng Men in Song Dynasty: Xie, You Zuo, Lu Dalin.
Four Great Painters in Southern Song Dynasty: Li Tang, Liu Songnian, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui?
Four Great Poets in Southern Song Dynasty: Yang Wanli, Lu You, Fan Chengda and You Mao.
The four masters of Yuan Opera: Guan Hanqing, Ma Zhiyuan, Zheng Guangzu and Bai Pu.
Four Great Masters in Yuan Dynasty: Gold? Yu Ji, Liu Guan, Xie Junsi
Four masters of landscape painting in Yuan Dynasty: Huang, Zhenwu, Ni Zan and Wang Meng.
Four Great Poets in Yuan Dynasty: Yu Ji, Yang Zai, Frant Gwo and Jenkins.
Gao Qi, Zhang Yu, Xu Ben and Yang Ji, four outstanding people in Wuzhong in Yuan Dynasty.
Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhiming and zhou wenbin were four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Zhishan, Tang Bohu, Wen Zhiming and Xu Zhenqing: Four Scholars of Wu Zhong in Ming Dynasty.
Wang Shimin, Wang, Wang Jian and Wang.
Fang Yizhi, Chen Zhenhui, Mao Xiang and Hou Fangyu were four children in the literary world in the early Qing Dynasty.
Four Childes of Warring States: Meng Changjun of Qi, Ping Yuanjun of Zhao, Chun Shen Jun of Chu and Xinling Jun of Wei.
Four poets of ZTE: Lu You, Yang Wanli, Fan Chengda and You Mao.
Four academies in Northern Song Dynasty: Lushan Bailudong Academy, Yuelu Mountain Yuelu Academy, Shigushan Shigu Academy and Shangqiu Yingtianfu Academy.
Four legends of Ming Dynasty: Purple Hairpin, Peony Pavilion, Handan and Conan;
Four famous flowers: peony in Heze, Shandong, narcissus in Zhangzhou, Fujian, chrysanthemum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and camellia in Yunnan.
Four legends of folk literature: Cowherd and Weaver Girl, Meng Jiangnv Seeking Husband, Liang Zhu and Legend of White Snake.
Four ancient capitals: Xi, Beijing, Nanjing and Luoyang.
Ancient Siku Quanshu: Classics, History, Zi, Ji.