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Huayu Lu

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discussed in biography

In Shitao
…theoretical writings, such as the Huayu Lu (“Comments on Painting”); he speaks of “a style of no style” and the importance of “the single stroke.”
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observations on painting

In Chinese painting: Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12)
In his essay “Huayulu” (“Comments on Painting”), he ridiculed traditionalism, writing that his own method was “no method” and insisting that, like nature, creativity with the brush must be spontaneous and seamless, based on the concept of yihua, the “unifying line.”
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