Unreal Fachang-from Muxi's Paintings Find A Creative Insights

Mu Si was a disciple of Monk Wu Jhun in Song Dynasty. Heavily influenced by Zen thoughts, Mu Si's paintings revealed profound Zen allegoric words. Within all his paintings, Liu Shih Tu (Painting of Six Persimmons) was most praised by later generations, and was recognized as a classic among Zen paintings. Mu Si presented the persimmons in perspective with simple brushwork and distinct ink color. Nothing but six persimmons was painted; the blank space did not resemble emptiness but vast space for imagination.This study focuses on Mu Si's Liu Shih Tu (Painting of Six Persimmons) due to personal preference over simple and graceful painting of the researcher. The study analyzes the shapes, composition, brushwork, and spatial arrangement illustrated in the painting to understand the influence of Zen aesthetics over Mu Si's Liu Shih Tu (Painting of Six Persimmons), and further comprehend the profound connotation of Mu Si's Liu Shih Tu (Painting of Six Persimmons), probe into the influence of Zen over Chinese water-ink painting, and identify the relativity of"Zen","detachment", and"water ink"for reference to personal reference on water-ink painting.The purpose of this research is to understand the connotation and artistic conception manifested in Mu Si's Liu Shih Tu (Painting of Six Persimmons) and the influence of Zen over Chinese water-ink painting. Therefore, only background of Mu Si correlated to this research was described herein.