Gu Mingyun Xixun Sutra Map Axis

[Picture axis of the Yunxi Training Sutra by Gu Ming]

Axis of the Yunxi Training Sutra, painted by Gu Ming in the Qing Dynasty, silk, colored, 71.8 cm vertically and 63 cm horizontally
The right paragraph of this picture is marked with “Gu Mingjing’s picture.” The seal is “Gu Mingzhi’s seal”
The picture depicts the scene of Yunxi Kezi, the son of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. Yunxi (1711-1758), known as Qianzhai and Taoist Ziqiong, is the 21st son of Xuanye, the sage of the Qing Dynasty, and the prince of Zhishen. He is hospitable, courteous and good at painting and calligraphy. Ni Zan, one of the “four Yuan schools” of Shanshui Sect, also works on ink flowers
In the picture, Xu Xi is teaching with a book in hand. Fujin and his son sat on the side. The young son didn’t listen attentively. It seemed that he wanted to break away from his mother’s hand and chase the playful kitten in front of the hall, showing the naive nature of a child. The Yunxi couple did not sulk at this, but turned their eyes to the kitten, reflecting their enjoyment of family life through teaching and reading. The ingenious embellishments of the book boy and the water maid add to the atmosphere of family reunion, with a real and rich flavor of life. The portrait of the main characters in the painting adopts the “ink bone method”, which is full of three-dimensional sense and realism; The attendant’s face is “single painting”, which is more conceptualized to highlight the main body, and is quite ingenious in the application of painting