Yu Jianwu was a famous calligraphy critic and litterateur in the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties of my country, and he served as the Minister of Education. His "Book Pin", together with Xie He's "Ancient Painting Pin Lu", Zhong Rong's "Poetry Pin", Shen Yue's "Chess Pin", etc., formed the "pin" cultural phenomenon of this period, which was very popular for a while. , which had a great influence on future literary criticism.
Among them, Yu Jianwu's "Shupin" is not only the product of the accumulation of experience in calligraphy criticism by predecessors, but also a representative work of the prevalence of the cultural phenomenon of "pin".
Question: What does Yao Zui’s "Continued Paintings" mainly record?
The "Continuation of Paintings" by Yao Zui of the Southern Dynasty is the continuation of Xie He's "Paintings", with 20 people recorded. There are brief evaluations of each person's work, among which Shaikh's evaluation is more detailed. "Continued Paintings" accepted the "Six Methods" advocated by Xie He. When commenting on Xiao Yi, it affirmed the court painters Shen Biao, Shen Can, Jiao Baoyuan, etc., and their creative ideas are quite close to Xie He's.
The significant difference between "Continued Paintings" and Xie He's is in his evaluation of Gu Kaizhi. Yao most believed that Gu Kaizhi was "unparalleled from beginning to end". From his evaluation of other painters, it can be seen that when Yao Zui admired "palace style" paintings, he also greatly appreciated literati paintings and was more tolerant of criticism of painters.
"Continued Painting" has certain theoretical achievements. Yao most emphasized the "mind-teacher creation", that is, the painter should pay enough attention to the accumulation of life and the reflection of reality. On the other hand, Yao Zui emphasized the importance of the painter's genius.