Binfeng is one of the fifteen national styles in the Book of Songs. There are seven chapters in "Binfeng", in order: "July", "Owl", "Dongshan", "Broken Axe" ”, “Fake”, “Jiuyi”, “Langba”. The order of Lin Zihuan's "Bin Feng Tu" is "Flowing Fire in July", "Owl Owl", "Broken My Axe", "How to Fake", "Nine-shaped Fish Trout Bream", which is consistent with "Bin Feng" order, but the two parts "Dongshan" and "Langba" are missing. The five existing pictures all have titles but no signatures. "Wolf Postscript" is the seventh picture in the order, so it is speculated that "Lang Postscript" should be inscribed by Lin Zihuan.
The hand scroll of Lin Zihuan's "Bin Feng Tu" is made of ink on paper. In addition to having an obvious flavor of the times, it also has distinct personal characteristics. According to the research of many connoisseurs, Binfeng Pictures were circulated in an orderly manner before they were collected by the Qing Palace. There were inscriptions and postscripts by Jie Jin, Zhang Ken, Zhou Fu, Shen Shixing, Ningyuan and others. From right to left, there are also "Shiqu Baoji", "Qianlong Imperial Treasure", "Qianqing Palace Appraisal Treasure", "Shiqu Dingjian", "Baoji Reedited", "Sanxitang Jingjian Seal", There are eight seals including "Yi Zisun" and "Qianlong Yubi" inscribed at the head. From right to left there are four seals: "Treasure of Jiaqing Yulan", "Treasure of Xuantong Yulan", "Xuantong Appreciation" and "Wuyizhai Jingjian Seal".
Although "Bin Feng Tu" is a national treasure-level cultural relic, its fate can be described as "ups and downs." In the process of spreading, a large number of copies of "Bin Feng Tu" appeared. At present, in the field of appreciation of Chinese calligraphy and painting, it is generally believed that the "Southern Edition" is the authentic one mentioned in "Shiqu Baoji". "Nanben" flowed out from the Puppet Manchukuo Imperial Palace and fell into the hands of a Puppet Manchukuo soldier. Later, it was loaned by his relatives for viewing during the Cultural Revolution, and it was not recovered until 1989. Ju speculates that some of the forgeries are from this period.
The calligraphy and painting connoisseur Yang Renkai has a detailed explanation of the "Southern Edition" in his article "Authentication of Lin Zihuan's "Bin Feng Tu" of the Yuan Dynasty": First of all, there are very few handed down works of Lin Zihuan. Only Shi Qu continued this volume, and there is also a landscape album in the "Essence of Yuan Painting" collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei. This landscape album is recognized by the world as Lin's authentic work.
According to this comparison between the original color version of the original work and the "Southern version", the wrinkles, dots, lines, water patterns, etc. are exactly the same. From the beginning to the end of the pen, there is no difference in the characteristics of the pen. Secondly, the postscripts written by Xie Jin and others in the Nanben are also authentic. Xie Jin was a famous calligrapher in the early Ming Dynasty. He was good at both regular script and cursive script. There are many of his works handed down from generation to generation, which can be used for reference and comparison. The "Southern Edition" contains Jie Jin's subtitles and postscripts and the general postscript, 6 paragraphs, and 397 words. They are written on waxy yellow sutra writing paper. They are all written in cursive or occasionally regular script. Yan Duanya is a typical style of his calligraphy.