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Under the background of national aesthetic idea、national modelingtechnique and long standing humanistic philosophy，the traditionalChinese figure painting have pivotal position and extensivefar-reaching influence after thousands of years of development. ChenHongshou is a master of the painting circle of the late Ming and earlyQing periods. He is one of the all-rounder artists. His artisticachievement is very extensive and outstanding, especially in therespect of theoretical attainments、painting achievement and engravingart. In the inheritance of classical Chinese painting art, he made greatefforts. At the same time, he pushed the development of Chinese figurepainting to a new position.His Artistic achievement and contribution cannot be ignored.The characteristics of Chen Hongshou’s painting are Figurepainting，flower-bird painting and Landscape painting，especiallyformer, which not only absorbing the experience of predecessor ofChinese painting and discovering the new skills, but also injectingthe new blood to the aspects of painting during the late Ming and earlyQing dynasty. Also, the success of engraving at that period of timeis linked to him. One of his famous woodcut,<Shuihu leaves>, revealsthe turbulent and unbalanced society have done a lot of damage to people,such as blot out the village people’s expectation of justice in despair.This production is considered as a new altitude due to the utilization of highly skilled line, From Chen Hongshou’s standpoint, only by usingfictitious, decorative, exaggerated way can model this perfect drawand his inner image.There are three chapters in analyzing the influence and successof Chen Hongshou’s painting. Initially, we shall list his individualfeature of arts, such as the Chinese traditional art methods andphilosophy ideas. Subsequently, the representativeness production of<Shuihu leaves>will be analyzed in a image modeling, linearcharacteristics, decorative meaning way. Ultimately, expound thecontribution of modern the Chinese figure painting.