Gu Kaizhi (348 ~ 409) was born in Wuxi, Jinling (now Wuxi, Jiangsu), Han nationality. An outstanding painter, painting theorist and poet in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because of his great achievements in literature and painting, people call him painting, literature and infatuation.
Gu Kaizhi is well-read and good at poetry and calligraphy, especially painting. Specializing in portraits, Buddha statues, animals, landscapes, etc. The world calls them the three musts: painting, writing and ignorance. Xie An is so deep that he thinks it has not existed since its birth. Gu Kaizhi, Cao Buxing, Lu Tanwei and Zhang Sengyou are also called "Four Masters in Six Dynasties". Gu Kaizhi's painting intention is vivid, and his thoughts of "moving the mind" and "expressing the spirit with form" laid the foundation for the development of traditional painting in China.
Gu Kaizhi once joined the army for Huan Wen and Yin Zhongkan, and was first appointed as an official rider in (405 ~ 4 18). Emperor Wu of Song's Northern Expedition to Murong Chao and Southern Yan was written as "Sacrificing a tooth (flag)". He is versatile, with works in poetry and calligraphy, especially in painting. He is famous for his talent, painting and infatuation. Portraits of figures, immortals, Buddha statues, animals, landscapes, etc.
The painter pays attention to the finishing touch and vividly depicts himself from the clouds, all in Adu (that is, here refers to the eyes). Try Pei Kai's portrait and add three hairs to your cheeks. It feels good. The mural "Vimalakirti" painted in Jiankang Crock Temple is dazzling and sensational.
Later generations talk about his paintings, which means to save the pen first and paint as best as possible; The handwriting is meticulous and firm, like a silkworm spinning silk. He and Lu Tanwei, the painter of the Southern Song Dynasty who learned from him, are collectively called Lu Gu, with the title of dense body, which is different from the sparse body of Zhang Liang monk You and Tang Wu Daozi in the Southern Dynasties. He is the author of On Painting, Wei Jinsheng Praises Painting, and The Story of Painting Yuntai Mountain. Among them, the idea of moving the mind and expressing the spirit with form has a great influence on the development of Chinese painting.
The existing Biography of Women's History and Zhentu is an early manuscript, which records the canon written by Zhang Hua in the Western Jin Dynasty to bind court concubines. 1900, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing and was taken away from the Qing Palace by the British. He is now in the British Museum in London, England. Another work, A Historical Map of Women, is a copy of the Song Dynasty.