Research Of Guoxi’s "San Yuan"

The "San-yuan" method was proposed by the Song dynasty painter Guo Xi in his book,"Lin quan gao zhi".It is not only a summary and development of the perspective method about ancient Chinese painting,but also has profound aesthetic significance.Based on the interpretation of the “San-yuan”,This essay explores "San-yuan" as the origin of Chinese ancient landscape painting——the perspective of the technique and its influence on ancient Chinese landscape painting.This essay argues “San-yuan” cultural and aesthetic meaning from the ancient Chinese way about looking at the world,the Chinese ancient geographical environment characteristics of artistic expression,farming civilization production,life style reflects on visual patterns,the "San-yuan" on Chinese landscape painting composition,style and the profound influence of Chinese landscape painting artistic conception expression.The "san-yuan" has the meaning of both technique and artistic conception.In terms of technique,it meets the three characteristics of perspective,so it is the perspective method of ancient Chinese landscape painting.Because the viewpoint of the "san-yuan" has the characteristics of movement and flexibility in time and space,it is the typical embodiment of the "scatter perspective" method of ancient Chinese landscape painting.From the perspective of artistic conception,"Gao yuan","Shen yuan" and "Pingyuan" respectively depict lofty grandeur,deep and profound,and diluting the artistic conception of landscape painting.As a whole,the "san-yuan" depicts an infinite space and time realm and spiritual realm.As an important crystallization of guo xi’s landscape painting theory,the "san-yuan" is fully reflected in his works "early spring diagram".From his painting theory and the creation of the "shang pingyuan" aesthetic taste.The "san-yuan" had a profound influence on ancient Chinese landscape paintings.As typical of Chinese ancient landscape painting "scatter perspective",it summarize and develop the ancient Chinese landscape painting methods and laws of perspective,and to develop a visual perspective of ancient Chinese landscape painting method of French and specifications.From the aspects of composition and style,it has had a profound impact on the later generations landscape painting.The "san-yuan" has profound cultural connotation and aesthetic significance.It is the embodiment of the ancient Chinese way of looking at the world: the production of agriculturalcivilization and the cultivation of the way of life of the ancient Chinese people to see that the world’s viewpoints have the characteristics of flexibility and movement;The "Chinese characters" and "calligraphy and painting homology" gave birth to the whole viewing mode of the ancient Chinese people "looking up and watching",and decided that the "san-yuan" was the overall style of expression according to the needs of the picture.Agricultural civilization of China,is rich in complex terrain environment,natural have all kinds of "high","or","profound" the conditions and environment,therefore,the ancient Chinese painters and Guoxi the perception of geographical environment in the form of landscape painting artistic reproduction and expression of this environment.The expression of "Gao yuan","Shen yuan" and "Pingyuan" in Chinese landscape painting is all about the meaning of "far",because the "san-yuan" points to "far"."Or" space is vast,"go","mist" without oppressive feeling,and has a growing divide between light and to mean "no",so in the Chinese landscape painting has advocated "or" sense of space.