Liang Kai, a painter during the Southern Song Dynasty, once reached the position of a painter who others hoped not to come, but this person was very untamed, and after working for a while, he found that there were too many rules of square boxes, and he was restrained by discipline, what painting academy attendants, what gold belts, Lao Tzu was not rare, gold belts hung on branches, drifted away, and lived a life like a god without refusal.
Liang Kai's life is very casual, no wine and no joy, and every time after drinking, he is drunk and bohemed, and his behavior is debauched, and he is known as "Liang Feng (crazy) son". And in the Southern Song Dynasty, his paintings are also unique, it seems that in his pen with ink casually, it has become a painting, the gods are all shaped, and the title of "Liang Madman" should be both admired and jealous.
Painting of the Splashing Ink Immortals, collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
The immortals have open chests, wide coats and large bellies, cute posture, five features are tangled together, a mysterious smile is revealed at the corners of the mouth, and the appearance is funny, and there is an otherworldly and humorous image.
Liang Kai, also the leader of the creation and reduction of strokes, was deeply influenced by the thought of Confucianism, Taoism and Interpretation, and taught The Fa Jia Shi Gu, the books and paintings were informal, the wandering skeletons, his ink-splashing painting, invisible than tangible, minimalist with the pen, showing his personal style.
"Li Baixing Yintu", Collection of the Tokyo National Museum.
Li Bai was dressed in a robe, with hair in a bun on the top of his head, his eyes were resolutely facing ahead, and he chanted poetry in his mouth, drawing several strokes of the poet's uninhibited personality and vivid expression. This is also a representative work of Liang Kai's "subtraction stroke".
Liang Kai, who is good at Zen painting, has a close relationship with the monks Miao feng and Zhi Yu, often participates in Zen enlightenment, and is also considered a half-practitioner, so there are many intentions in Zen painting to express his personal views.
"Snow Landscape", Collection of Tokyo National Museum.
The composition is extremely concise, the blank space in the upper part has a cold breath, and the two donkeys below face the snow, and the ancient trees and leaves are covered with snow on the side.
Liang Kai's paintings are deeply loved by the Japanese, and at present, the Tokyo National Museum has many paintings such as "The Story of the Eight High Monks", "Snow Landscape Map", "Li Bai Yin Xing Map", "Six Ancestors Cut Bamboo Map" and so on, which are designated as National Treasures of Japan.
"Bamboo Cuts of the Six Ancestors", Tokyo National Museum.
The "Six Patriarchs" are the Huineng monks, who emphasize the principle that they can also have a natural epiphany in daily life such as walking, sitting, and lying down. The painter intended to show that cutting bamboo is also a kind of practice, and the painting of Master Huineng is contemplating the Zen machine in a calm breath.
Liang Kai's subtractive stroke is a kind of freehand painting using thick gestures and thick ink, which is concise and bold with a pen, purely expressed in line drawing, but the poet's loose and uninhibited personality and the posture of chanting while walking are vividly portrayed, which is amazing.
"Out of the Mountain ShakyaTu", Tokyo National Museum collection.
Shakya stood next to the dead tree in a single robe, his hands raised to his chest, his eyes looking down slightly, his face was thin, his hair was dense and long, his eyes were focused, and his eyes were deep, which was a great enlightenment after asceticism.
Most of Liang Kai's "Zen" paintings are collected by Japan, which should be a Japanese monk who came to visit Chinese Buddhism and saw the difference in Liang Kai's paintings, admired them in particular, and then brought them back to Japan.
Silkworm Weaving Scroll, Collection of the Tokyo National Museum.
This is a rare long scroll of Liang Kai, which should be painted when he was a waiter in the painting academy, so that the painting that was bound according to the requirements was something that Liang Kai did not like, so he had the luxury of throwing away the gold belt and walking the world easily.
The Budai Monk, Shanghai Museum.
The cloth bag monk was dressed in dark brown cloth, with his shoulders exposed, his face was fat, his eyes had narrowed into a curved moon, his mouth was wide open, and his smile was welcoming, showing kindness and generosity.
After the painter realized zen, he hoped that everyone would put aside their troubles, have this open-minded mood, and smile often.
"Waterfall View Axis", collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
Wang wrote the title: "Song Liang Kai Guan Waterfall Inscription Map." The King of Taiyuan wrote and approved. ”
Liang Kai's album and fan series
"Liuxi Lying Flute Diagram" collection of the Palace Museum.
"Snow Stack Riding Map" collection of the Palace Museum
"Autumn Flying Bird Diagram", Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
"Dead Wood Drawing", Tang Painting Pen Sign, Tokyo National Museum, Japan. Pen Farming Garden".
"Autumn Willow Double Crow Picture Page" collection of the Palace Museum.
"Three High Tour Appreciation Page" Collection of the Palace Museum.
"Loose Willow Jackdaw" collection of the Palace Museum.
"Zepan Xingyin Tu" collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
"Return to the Fishing Chart", collection of the Friar Art Museum.
"Snow Landscape Page", Collection of the Tokyo National Museum.