In ancient times, outstanding individuals were often revered as "saints" or "immortals" by later generations for their outstanding achievements in a particular field. For example, those who are known as "immortals" include the soldier immortal Han Xin, the poet immortal Li Bai, and the characters who are respected as "saints". Among them, there are many titles of "saints", such as the wine saint Du Kang, the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing, the tea saint Lu Yu, the martial saint Guan Yu and so on. However, there are only three people who are truly regarded as "saints" in the field of art: Wang Xizhi, the saint of calligraphy, Wu Daozi, the saint of painting, and Du Fu, the saint of poetry.
Wu Daozi is the only painter in history who is revered as a "saint". Once, he drew a tiger on a bridge, and no one dared to walk on the bridge. Wu Daozi's painting skills can be called miraculous, making it difficult to distinguish the authenticity from the fake. Although Wu Daozi's family is poor, his ** is the famous calligraphers Zhang Xu and He Zhizhang. Due to talent and hard work, Wu Daozi became famous at a young age, and was called by Tang Xuanzong to enter the palace to paint for him. Tang Xuanzong was so impressed by Wu Daozi's painting skills that he even took him on a parade.
Wu Daozi's paintings are realistic and expressive, leaving many legendary stories. It is said that he drew a tiger on a bridge, and for a long time no one dared to pass by, even the most daring inspectors. It wasn't until Wu Daozi wiped off the painting that people dared to cross the bridge. Another legend is that he painted a horrific picture of hell in the monastery, in which a butcher was even tried before Hades. Surprisingly, people who saw this painting began to cultivate their self-cultivation, and even the butcher traders in the bazaar did not dare to sell fish for a long time.
Wu Daozi's painting art had a profound impact on Tang Dynasty painting, and he became a famous painter with a pioneering spirit in the history of Chinese art. Painters of all dynasties have revered it as "the ancestor" and "painting saint". Wu Daozi is a rare all-round painter who is liked by the emperor and loved by the people. Other painters with a wide range of paintings are not as skilled as him, those who are superb in painting are not as innovative as him, and those who are innovative are not as innovative as him, and they are all ......over the worldSuch a person, if he is not called a "hundred generations of painting saints", then who else deserves this title?