Yes\r\n 2. Family background\r\n Li Wei’s family background has not been discussed much in painting theory. Li Quan often wrote inscriptions such as "Li Zhongding Wending's descendants", "Li Wending's sixth descendants", and "House of the Immortal Prime Minister" on his paintings and calligraphy. It is not difficult to see that he was proud of his illustrious family background. \r\n In recent years, the discovery of the "Genealogy of the Li Family" has provided us with valuable information for studying Li Wei's family history and the formation of his worldview. Li Wei is indeed the sixth generation grandson of Li Chunfang (posthumous title Wending). Its branch factions are: \r\n Li Chunfang has six sons: Maonian, Maocai, Maode, Maogong, Maoye and Maozhong; Maozhong has three sons, the eldest son is; Siqian; Siqian has four sons, the second son Chang Wei; Chang Wei has two sons, the second son Li Fa; Li Fa has three sons, the third son is Zhu Yi; Zhu Yi has four sons: Yu, Lu, Qingyan and Yi. There are three sons in the biography: Shi, Guan, and Wuzhou. Qingyan passed to the Jie family, so Li Wei was also called Li San. For example, Zheng Banqiao wrote the poem "Huai Li Sanlu". \r\n In the branch of Li Chunfang's genealogy, the sixth generation ancestor Chunfang, ancestor Li Fa, father Zhu Yi, etc. have a direct relationship with Li Wei's growth and the formation of his worldview. The situation of these three people is roughly as follows:\r\n\r\nLi Chunfang (1511-1585), whose courtesy name was Zishi and whose name was Shilu. A native of Xinghua, Yangzhou. In the tenth year of Jiajing's reign, he ranked first in Jinshi in the twenty-sixth year. Because he went to Xiyuan to write Qing Ci, he was favored by the emperor and promoted to a Hanlin bachelor. At the age of 55, he was promoted to bachelor of Zhongjidian. Before the death of Emperor Jiajing, he was the minister of Gu Ming and later the chief assistant, so he was known as Li Xiangguo. In his later years, he returned to his home and lived in seclusion at Hong'en Temple in Xishan, Yangzhou. After his death, he was buried next to the temple (today's Lixiang Township, Yangmiao, Hanjiang). During his lifetime, Li Chunfang was also known as the "Master of Huayang Cave". He was named "Master of Huayang Cave" in memory of his ancestral home, Huayang Cave, a Taoist holy place in Maoshan, Jurong, which shows how much he loved peace and Taoism. During his lifetime, he had a close friendship with Wu Chengen. "Journey to the West" published by Wanli Shidetang and Yang Minzhai in the Ming Dynasty were both signed with the words "Huayang Cave Master School", which shows that Li Chunfang was not only Wu Chengen's financial sponsor, but also a participant in "Journey to the West". From this point of view, Li Wei's self-titled "family of immortals and prime ministers" not only showed off his family status as "the residence of gods in heaven and the family of prime ministers on earth", but also showed the religious beliefs and cultural origins of this family. . \r\n Li Fa, the ancestor of Li Wei, had the courtesy name Zijian. Because he felt the favor of the Ming Dynasty for generations of honors and support, he was given the nickname Buer, and also the Taoist monk Long Ge. At the turn of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, Du Men gave up his career and joined the rest of the family in Rugao. Good at calligraphy and poetry. He is the author of "Bilangshanfang Collection", "Qishoutang Collection", "Longe Taoist Benji", etc. \r\n Li Zhuyi, the father of Li Wei, also known as Tiansun, was once a seventh-grade official, "Wenlin Lang". He is good at calligraphy and poetry. \r\n Judging from the above situation, the Li Wei family gradually declined from the sixth generation ancestor Li Chunfang to Li Wei. From his grandfather Li Fa's determination not to cooperate with the Qing Dynasty to his father Zhu Yigan becoming a seventh-rank civil servant in the Qing Dynasty, this illustrates the orientation and changes in his ancestors' thoughts. When Li Quan was in his middle age, he pursued an official career, in order to "protect his body by being an official" (Zheng Xie's "Li Futang's House Gifts")[2]. His pursuit of high official status should be an inevitable development in his veins. On the other hand, Li Wei was born in such a romantic and literary family environment, which provided good growth conditions for Li Wei to become a painter who combined poetry, calligraphy and painting.