A Study of Su Hsuei-Lin s Painting Based on the Literati Painting Prototype Wu Rong-Fu Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National

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2 A Study of Su Hsuei-Lin s Painting Based on the Literati Painting Prototype Wu Rong-Fu Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Cheng Kung University Abstract Looking at Su Hsuei-Lin s Landscape Painting Collection and reading her 650-plus essays about the painting experience from her Poetry under the Light, Life Ninety-Four and Diary, I have found that she was engaged in four major activities: painting, composing poetry, writing academic papers, and artistic creation, each of which took up one quarter of her energy and talent. However, she is generally recognized as a scholar, a writer and a poet, rather than a painter. While she is never identified as a painter in the painting community, her works are viewed as literati paintings. This leads me to assume that literati painting ought to have its prototype. Therefore, this study is intended to explore the prototype of literati painting from the perspective of similarity instead of sameness, based on the prototype theory. In this study, Chinese painting is generally classified into two major categories. One category 132

in four major activities: painting, composing poetry, writing academic papers, and artistic creation, each of which took up one quarter of her energy and talent.

3 contains personality paintings that have been created since the pre-chin period. The other category consists of landscape paintings, which began to prevail following the Wei-Ching period. A discussion of literati views of the two categories is conducted to work out the prototype of literati painting. In the research process, the following points are discussed: (1) literati painting as a reaction to religion-and-morality oriented personality painting, (2) the low status of a painter in society, (3) the development of landscape painting under the indirect influence of the spiritual cultivation of Taoism (4) poetic landscape painting and the prototype of literati painting. Literati painting can thus be defined with three requirements. The first requirement is that it must be a literary figure, especially a poet, not a professional painter. The second requirement is that landscapes should be featured as the subject matter, and the third requirement is that entertainment is emphasized over artistic demands. A data analysis of Wang Wei, Po Chu-i, Su Shih and Su Hsuei-Lin highlights the kind of painting that a literary figure is fond of. To Wang Wei, painting is nothing but a playful matter at times and a matter occasionally known. Deep in his heart, his lifetime dream is to become a painter. Theory of painting had been gradually formulated over the period from Tang dynasty to Sung dynasty at the time of Su Shih. In the case of Su Hueh-Lin, we have come to see her as a contemporary poet who is supposed to be a painter in previous life. Regardless of a great number of shortcomings, she followed her interest to paint throughout her life. This is because that the initial prototype of literati painting is entertainment. Playfulness is more important than artistic sense. Thus, when she was not recognized by a professional painter, she still remarked, Mr. Hung is good in both calligraphy and painting, even better in inscription. It never occurs to me that he is short of learning and talent to such an extent. She means to say that the major difference between an amateur literary painter and a professional painting artisan is learning and talent. Keywords: Prototype, Consciousness of Literati Painting, Spiritual Cultivation of Taoism, Poetic Landscape 133

In the research process, the following points are discussed: (1) literati painting as a reaction to religion-and-morality oriented personality painting, (2) the low status of a painter in society,

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