Introduction to Master Li Tang

Emperor Danqing wrote in the Painting Academy that, like his father Hui Zong, he had a keen interest in painting. So when he arrived in Hangzhou, he quickly restored the Painting Academy, the famous Shaoxing Painting Academy. However, Tang did not expect that the construction of the Painting Academy in Shaoxing was the topic of the second year, just like the painting academy called Xuanhe Painting Academy. The Southern Song Dynasty Painting Academy made great achievements. The Painting Annals of Southern Song Academy, compiled by Hangzhou scholar Li E, describes the life of Southern Song Academy painters and reflects the grand occasion of painting. Almost in the cultural atmosphere of Tang family. Comacz0, a place where the whole people appreciate paintings, Hangzhou, as the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, is full of celebrities and various excellent works are constantly emerging. Shaoxing Painting Academy has a history of more than 100 years, among which the names of nearly 120 painters can be tested. Of course, the most famous are the four great masters of the Southern Song Dynasty, namely Li Tang, Liu Songnian, Ma Yuan and Xia Gui. When we introduced the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Hui Zong, we mentioned Li Tang. Li Tang was the earliest of the four great masters in the Southern Song Dynasty. He lived in the early Song Dynasty and worked in Xuanhe Painting Academy in the late Northern Song Dynasty. The emperor restored the painting academy and invited him back. He was once captured by the Jin people, and with his prestige, he can live well in the state of Jin. But as a DaSong person, can you work for foreigners? So he went through all the hardships to escape from Xu Jin. He wandered from one place to another. He used to sell paintings for a living, but now he is an old man with white hair. During the A Qing dynasty, Li Tang used his paintings to boost morale. In this state of mind, he created the famous Flower Picking Map. It was adapted from a famous story in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, in which Boyi and Shu Qi were subjects of the subjugation of the Shang Dynasty. After the downfall of Shang Dynasty, they fled to shouyangshan. It's just that Tang didn't eat it. He ate Wei and finally starved to death. In the painting, Uncle Zhong Boyi looks hungry but determined. Therefore, Li Tang's paintings contain profound political implications. Hunger is a small matter, shame is a big thing. This is the spirit that a scholar-bureaucrat should have. He wanted to use this painting to inspire the patriotic enthusiasm of the people in the Song Dynasty to resist the invasion of foreign enemies, and at the same time, it also contained anger and irony to the surrenders. As a master painter in the Southern Song Dynasty, he had a disciple named Xiao Zhao. Xiao knew how to draw books when he was a child. Later, nomadic people invaded the south and the Central Plains was out of order, so he became a robber in Taihang Mountain. Once robbed a man with only a few brushes in his bag. Ask his name. It's Li Tang. Xiao Zhao always admired Li Tang, but I didn't. I didn't expect to meet in this way. So I quickly apologized and followed Li Tangnan. Finally, under the guidance of Li Tang, he became a famous artist. Moreover, influenced by teachers' patriotism, they are also very concerned about state affairs. He created a picture of picking the flowers of Wei, expressing his desire for the revival of the Song Dynasty. The relationship between his mentor and Li Tang has also become a much-told story in the painting world. In fact, among the students in Li Tang, Xiao Zhao is not the only one who has made achievements. In the poem, Li Tang lived in the Tang Dynasty, with white hair and rich family, leading half of the country, which is an affirmation of his status as a master. The other three of us are more or less influenced by him, and they are also his students.