Li Sixun (653–718), Tang Dynasty calligrapher and painter. The word is built, and the scenery is built. Born in the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Gaozu of Tang was grandson of Li Shuliang the Prince of Changping, li xiaobin. A native of Chengji, Longxi (present-day Tianshui, Gansu). Emperor Gaozong of Tang abandoned his official post and lived in seclusion because of Wu Zetian's killing of Emperor Shenlong of Tang, and in the early years of Emperor Shenlong of Tang, he served as Zong Zhengqing (宗正卿), the governor of Yi Prefecture (史), the official of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in the early years of the new century, the official to the general of Zuo Wuwei (左武衛大將軍), the general of Zuo Yulin (左羽林大將軍), and the duke of Pengguo (彭国公). Because Emperor Xuanzong was promoted to the rank of Grand General of the Right Wu Wei, he was posthumously given the title of Governor of Qin Prefecture, and was called "General Li" in painting history. Good at painting green landscapes, influenced by Zhan Ziqian, the pen is strong and the color is strong.
"Jiangfan Pavilion Map" shows the scene of You Chun, the painter uses a thin brush to outline the light ripples of water and the boat floating in the distance, the boat is getting farther and smaller, highlighting the grandeur of the river sky. The peaks on the banks of the river are majestic, and the trees on the mountains are lush and green, and the layers are intricate. Among the winding hills surrounded by dense trees are the Pavilion of the Bitian Terrace, and the red fence of the water pavilion is built on the pine bamboo path, during which tourists walk through the peach red bushes. On the slope of the shore, the two men were stopping by the water to enjoy the spring, and they saw four other people coming along the path on the mountain, the master riding a horse, and the three servants either leading, or picking up burdens, or carrying things, and walking in clusters. This picture makes people away from the world, pours out nature, and looks at thousands of miles, giving people a fresh and "transcendent" feeling.
The composition of "Jiangfan Pavilion Diagram" is rigorous, lining the vast river waves with one corner of the mountain, setting off the refreshing coolness of the heart with the verdant dripping of the trees, and using the scattered perspective method to gather thousands of scenes on a piece of paper. In the specific creation, the painter adopts the method of first drawing lines and then filling in colors. The outline of the mountain stone is outlined with thick and thin ink lines with slightly square pens, and the changes of hills and ravines are expressed in a tortuous and changeable manner, and the near thickness and far are fine, and the spatial perspective of the front and back is skillfully expressed. The method of painting trees is more detailed than before, the lines have changed with hooks, the branches and leaves are drawn with double hooks, and the pine trees are more distinctive.
The author integrates the landscape hills and valleys and the dynamics of the characters, and clarifies that the landscape paintings of the Tang Dynasty have been intentionally intertwined and reflected in life and nature, and a bright spring scene. Paint Zhongshan stone with ink lines to outline the outline, stone green rendering. Painting trees and pines have been used to take advantage of the situation, the overall posture is lush and decorative, and there are untouched mountain stones, undulating and even water patterns, exquisitely crafted houses, pattern-shaped sandwich leaves, very proportionate, and it can also be seen that the traces of extraterritorial painting can be drawn. This painting is a representative work of The mature period of landscape painting in China, and it is also one of the few Tang Dynasty scrolls that have been completely preserved, representing the general appearance of Tang Dynasty Gongbi landscape painting.
Li Sixun's Jinbi landscape originated from the Sui Dynasty Zhan ZiQian, inheriting and developing the Six Dynasties since the six dynasties with color as the main form of expression. Zhu Jingxuan said that he was "the first in the landscape of the national dynasty and the gods." In the Ming Dynasty, Dong Qichang promoted him as the ancestor of "Northern Sect". Zhang Yanyuan of the Tang Dynasty said: "The change of landscape and water began with Wu (Daozi) and became in Erli" Li Sixun's painting style was taken by later generations of golden turquoise landscapes; Zi Li Zhaodao was also good at landscapes and created sea charts. People called their father and son "General Li the Great and the Younger."
Previously, There were no pine needles in the painting of Zhan Zi Qian, only green dot dyeing, and the painting method was relatively simple. Li Sixun first dyed with stone green dots, and then used Shi Qing to add two crossed lines to represent pine needles, which is a gap with the "needle-saving" pine needles depicted by Li Cheng in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it is a witness to the development of painting. In terms of color, it is still mainly green, sometimes in order to highlight the key points, the painter hooks the gold powder tip at the turn of the ink line, the so-called "green as the quality, gold and blue as the pattern", "the yang side is coated with gold, yin and blue" The color use is very good, which shows the yin and yang of the mountain stone and the texture, thus making the picture produce a golden and brilliant decorative effect. It can be seen from the "Jiangfan Pavilion Map" that Li Sixun's landscape painting shows the development process of landscape painting from small green to large green, and its creative techniques have matured compared with the previous generation.
Li Sixun's painting style is exquisite and rigorous, using the thick colors of gold and turquoise as landscapes, which are fine and unique. In terms of using the pen, it can twist and turn to outline the changes in the hills and ravines. The rigorous law, superb artistic conception, strong penmanship and rich colors show the development and maturity of Chinese landscape painting. His works are scattered. The "Xuanhe Pictorial Notation" records that there are still seventeen paintings such as "Four Hao Maps of Mountain Residences", "Spring Mountain Maps", "Sea and Sky Falling Maps", "Jiangshan Fishing Music Maps", and "Qunfeng Maolin Maps", which are now only found in the "Jiangfan Pavilion Map" and the "Ninety Percent Official Fan Map".
It is said that this work is not a genuine work of Li Sixun, but a facsimile of the Song Dynasty. However, from the perspective of theme content and expression techniques, they all belong to the Li Sixun school. As for whether it is authentic, there is no conclusive conclusion.