To Repose, To Draw Tao

Since the ancient times, Pine is endowed with loftyimplication by Chinese people. There are a lot of poemsand songs about Pine in each dynasty. Since the WeijinDynasty, Pine has become a principal motif of paintings.Up to the Yuan Dynasty， the trend of painting Pinereached its summit. A lot of the literati painters began tochoose this motif to express their ideas and ideals.Historically speaking, the literati painting wasrenovated during the Yuan Dynasty. And the new literatipainters expanded their themes and refection on thepaintings, thus played a crucial role in Chinese arthistory. The Yuan intellectuals also experiencedtremendous restrictions and great hardship on theirstudy and work. Thanks to this turbulent era， alandscape painting legend was born. The literatipainters in the Yuan Dynasty are very helpful in therealm of painting for the following literati painters inMing and Qing Dynasty.This article is divided into two parts. One is aboutwhen the ancient painters began to draw the picturesabout Pine. The other part is about the literati paintersand their relative works in the Yuan Dynasty. The wholepaper analyzes the history and background of the YuanDynasty, the social environment at that time, thepolitical phenomena and other factors related withpaitings. Ten literati painters of that period are listedand their paintings of Pine are focused and analyzed.Different painters drew Pine for different reason andendowed with different significance; however, they allrendered their ideals and ambitions in the paintings.