Yu Chuming·Dong Qichang's "Painting Purpose" "There are six methods for painters, one is 'vivid charm'. 'Charm' cannot be learned, you know it in this life, it is naturally given by heaven. However, there is also something to learn, read thousands of volumes After traveling thousands of miles, the dust and turbidity in the chest were removed, and the camp was set up in the hills and valleys. I wrote it by hand, all of which conveyed the spirit of the mountains and rivers. "
Dong Qichang (1555-1636), courtesy name Xuan Zai. No. Sibai, Xiangguang layman. Han nationality, from Huating, Songjiang (now Maqiao, Minhang District, Shanghai), was a calligrapher and painter of the Ming Dynasty. In the 17th year of Wanli's reign, he was a Jinshi and was awarded the title of Editor of the Hanlin Academy. He was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing and was given the posthumous title of "Wenmin" after his death.
Dong Qichang is good at painting landscapes, learning from Dong Yuan, Ju Ran, Huang Gongwang, and Ni Zan. His brushwork is elegant and neutral, quiet and sparse; his ink is bright, clean, and gentle, and his colors are green and simple. Elegant. He uses Zen Buddhism as a metaphor for painting and advocates the "North and South School" theory. He is an outstanding representative of the "Huating School" and has the beauty of "face, bones and posture". His paintings and painting theory had a great influence on the painting circles in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Calligraphy appeared in Jin and Tang Dynasties, and has its own style, capable of poetry and prose.
His extant works include "Dwelling on the Rock", "Eight Scenes of Autumn", "Zijintang Picture", "Bai Juyi's Pipa Play", "Edict of the Three Generations", "Cursive Poems", "Misty River Overlapping Peaks Picture and Postscript", etc. . He is the author of "Essays on Painting the Zen Room", "Collected Works of Rongtai", "Xihongtang Tie" (Engraved Tie), etc.