There are Six Essentials in painting. The first is called spirit; the second, rhythm; the third, thought; the fourth, scenery; the fifth, the brush; and the last is the ink.

Jing Hao

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Topic

Painting Art

Author

Jing Hao

Source

Notes on Brushwork

Language

Chinese

Time

925 920s 10th century

Occupation

Painter Artist

From

China Asia

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Ching Hao. Pi-fa-chi [Notes on Brushwork]. c. 925.

Current Citation

Ching Hao. Ching Hao's Pi-fa-chi: A Note on the Art of Brush, translated by Kiyohiko Munakata. Artebus Asiae Publishers, 1974.

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Time
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