yingwu xianxing

Chinese aesthetics

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In Chinese painting: Three Kingdoms (220–280) and Six Dynasties (220–589)
…the vital spirit is expressed; yingwu xianxing (“fidelity to the object in portraying forms”); suilei fucai (conforming to kind in applying colours); jingying weizhi (planning and design in placing and positioning); and chuanyi moxie (transmission of ancient models by copying). The last principle seems to refer to the copying of…
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