Yukime (649-7 13), a native of Fenyin, Zhou Pu (now southwest of Wanrong, Shaanxi), was the grandson of Wei Zheng, a famous minister. The official positions of Prince Shaobao and Minister of Rites are called "Xue Shaobao". He is famous for his calligraphy and is one of the four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty. He is also good at drawing figures, Buddha statues, birds and animals, trees and stones, especially cranes. It is said that he is a must, and Li Bai and Du Fu all sang his poems about cranes. There are no more paintings. Cao Ba was born in Qiaoxian County (now Bozhou, Anhui Province). In the Three Kingdoms period, Wei was a descendant of Cao Mao, an aristocratic township official, and the official was General Zuo Wuwei. He is good at drawing horses and portraits. He became famous in the Kaiyuan period of Xuanzong. At the end of Tianbao, he repaired the portrait of a hero in Lingyange and painted "Imperial Horse", which was very skillful. Du Fu once recommended it as "A Gift from Dan Qing to General Cao". Today's paintings are no longer in circulation.
Han Gan, a native of Jingzhao (now Xi 'an), lived in Xuanzong period. When I was a teenager, I was a bartender. With the support of Wang Wei, I switched to painting and spent ten years. He is good at drawing portraits, figures, ghosts and gods, especially horses. Painting a Horse inherits Cao Ba, but he rewrites it. The horses he painted are strong and powerful, and are known as "the best in ancient and modern times". The existing works include the album "Horse Wrapping Map" of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, and the book "Night White Map" of the Metropolitan Museum of America. "Wrapping the Horse" depicts an official driving slowly on a white horse, and on the right is a dark horse, slender and vigorous with a pen and properly rendered with color ink. This painting was once collected by the Southern Tang Dynasty Neizhai and Xuanhe Neizhai, with the title of "Original Han Gan" by Song Huizong. "Night White Map" is a night white map of Xuanzong's mount, and it is also a well-circulated work. In addition, the old title "Han Gan Shen Jun Tu" was collected in the Liaoning Provincial Museum, and now it is designated as a five-generation manuscript.
Wei Yan, a native of Chang 'an (Jin 'an) and a native of Shu, is good at painting figures, pommel horses and landscapes. Although he inherited the tradition of family studies, according to you. According to records, he drew a horse in Shirakawa, and the posture of the horse changed greatly. Today, we can learn the style of "Imitation of Wei Yan's Animal Husbandry" by Li in the Palace Museum, which depicts 1200 horses and 140 people, with different postures and lifelike. In addition, the landscapes he painted also played an important role in the transformation of turquoise landscapes in the Tang Dynasty.
Bian Luan was born in Jingzhao (now Xi 'an). The position of right-back has a long history. He is good at drawing broken flowers and birds, and also good at drawing bees and butterflies, which plays an important role in the process of independent flower and bird painting. The works handed down from ancient times include Snow Birds in Meihuashan Tea, which is contained in the Grand View of Famous Paintings in Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties.
Diao Guangyin (about 852-935) was born in Chang 'an (now Xi). Tang Tianfu fled to Sichuan for more than 30 years and died in Sichuan. He is good at drawing dragon water, bamboo stones, flowers and birds, etc. I have been diligent in painting all my life, mostly flowers and birds. He was a famous painter of the Five Dynasties, Huang Quan, and taught his art personally. The Sketch Book handed down from ancient times has been designated as a work in disguise.
Huang Jucai (933-? ), the word "Luan", a native of Chengdu, is the second son of Huang Quan. He once worked in Xishu Painting Academy, and later joined the Song Dynasty with the old master. After Huang Quan's death, Huang Jucai became a leader and was highly valued by Taizu and Taizong. His painting method has also become the standard of the Academy of Painting, occupying a dominant position in the court of the Song Dynasty for more than 90 years. His works handed down from ancient times include the picture of thrush in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Sketched with thin lines and painted with thick colors, it feels extremely delicate, rich and gorgeous.
Zhao Chang (? -about 10 16), Guanghan (now Jiannan, Sichuan). He is good at painting flowers and fruits, and his teacher Teng Changyou has the reputation of "shine on you". Like to draw broken flowers, good at coloring. There are not many works handed down from generation to generation, and experts think that the Butterfly Sketch in the Palace Museum is not true. Lin Chun, who is waiting to be recruited into the Painting Academy, is famous for his flower and bird feathers. Zhao Chang, a painter, has a picture of a ripe bird (collected in the Palace Museum), which is similar to the recorded Zhao Chang.
Yi Yuanji, whose real name is Qingzhi, is from Changsha. Good at painting roe deer, apes, flowers and birds, etc. It is said that he once lived in the mountains and observed the activities of mammals, and the animals he painted were extremely vivid and vivid. When Emperor Yingzong was called into the Painting Academy, he made a picture of a hundred apes in the West Temple, but he died unfinished. Today, there is a picture of gathering apes (Tibet, Japan), which shows a group of apes playing between mountains.
Cui Bai, born in Haoliang (now Fengyang, Anhui), is a painter of Stone Painting Academy. In addition to painting flowers and birds, he is also good at painting Taoism to explain ghosts and gods, and has created many murals. His flower-and-bird paintings are rewritten, not drafts. The masterpiece handed down from ancient times is the scroll "Double Happiness Map" hidden in the National Palace Museum in Taipei, which depicts a pair of birds flying in the wild and singing at rabbits when the west wind strikes in late autumn. Birds and rabbits are beautifully depicted, while trees and grass slopes are old and healthy with pens. The Palace Museum has its "Cold Sparrow Map", which shows several sparrows resting among dead branches. His younger brother Cui Yun is also a painter in the Academy of Painting. His brothers are equally famous and have similar painting styles. They are the backbone of changing the "yellow system" since the early Song Dynasty. Wen Tong (10 18- 1079), whose name is Keke, is called Shi Shi, also known as Xiao Xiao, a Taoist priest in Jinjiang. Zizhou Yongtai (now Sichuan Yanting) was born. He served as Secretary-General, Foreign Minister, President of Secret Pavilion and a well-known figure in Lingzhou, Yangzhou and Huzhou. He is good at poetry and prose, and his calligraphy is also famous. He is called "Huzhou Bamboo School" in painting, and the idiom "You Ji" comes from his statement. He sang with his cousin Su Shi's poems and established the theme of the Four Gentlemen. Its bamboo paintings, "deep ink for the surface, light ink for the back." Few works have been handed down from generation to generation. Today, the National Palace Museum in Taipei has an original ink painting, which is true in image and rigorous in brushwork. The Guangdong Provincial Museum has a map of Zhu Mo, and this is a copy of this volume. The collection of dead wood and bamboo stones in Shanghai Museum needs to be verified. The axis of "Map of Zhu Mo" in the Museum of Chinese History is a communication work.
Yang (1097- 1 169), whose word is blameless, is also known as the old man who escaped from Zen, and also known as Elder Qingyi, a native of Nanchang. His life story is unknown. It is said that he has been an official all his life. He is good at writing and calligraphy, especially drawing plums. Handed down works include four plum blossoms in the Palace Museum. Four plum blossoms describe the whole opening process of never opening, wanting to open, blooming and dying. The painting method is all ink and wash, the branches are rubbed white, and the petals draw white lines. The Palace Museum also has collections such as Xuemeitu. His descendants include his nephews Tang, Xu and Zhao.
Zhao (1 199-? ), Zi Zigu,No. Zhai Yi, the 11th grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, lived in Haiyan, Jiaxing after crossing the south. Although it is an imperial clan, it comes from a poor family. He was a scholar. Later, he worked as a small official. Later, he was promoted to Zuo Treasurer and went out to keep Yanzhou. He is good at drawing daffodils, plum blossoms, orchids and bamboo stones. , exquisite and elegant style. Today's works handed down from generation to generation include the volume of Moran Map, the page of Three Friends in a Cold Year, and the volume of Narcissus Map, which are hidden in the Palace Museum. Among them, the volume "Narcissus Map" is an original painting method, in which flowers and leaves are outlined in a simple way, slightly dyed with dark ink, and yin and yang are separated.
Wu Ma Tu by Li (see above for his life story) is one of the works handed down from ancient times and one of the most credible original works. Although there is no money, there is an inscription and postscript from his good friend Huang Tingjian as evidence. The painting depicts five horses dedicated to the Northern Song Dynasty by Guan, with accurate and vivid shapes, refined lines and different expressions. "Wei Yan Pastoral" was copied at the instigation of Emperor Li, and his own painting method was incorporated into the painting. The previous picture was stored in a private store in Japan before World War II, and it was later said that it was destroyed by the war. The back picture is hidden in the Palace Museum, with thousands of horses and hundreds of people, which is spectacular.
Xu Qi, a native of Jiangnan, works with bamboo feathers and is good at painting buffaloes. Today, a volume of "Jiangshan Pastoral Map" is kept in the Palace Museum. This painting depicts the grazing situation of children in Jiangnan water town. Children play flutes, play chess or fly kites, and farmers walk with hoes in the distance, which is full of pastoral joy.
Qian Xuan (13rd century to14th century) was born in Xing Wu (now Huzhou, Zhejiang). Scholars in the Southern Song Dynasty have poems, paintings and calligraphy, especially the most outstanding achievements in painting, and they have deep attainments in landscape flowers and birds, character stories, pommel horses and so on. He is a painter with comprehensive techniques, as famous as Zhao.