The Remnant in Zheng Sixiao’s Poetry and Paintings
Abstract
A large number of relic painters appeared during the alternation of Song and Yuan dynasties. As an outstanding artist at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zheng Sixiao not only opened a chapter of Yuan Dynasty literati painting and calligraphy, but also set an exam_x005fple for the future generations by his consistent spirit of nationalism, patriotism and loyalty to the emperor. He left many poems and paintings for posterity as a relic painter, and the orchids he painted have become a model for posterity. The unity of poetry and painting conveys his noble relic state of mind. This paper combines Zheng Sixiao’s social and historical background, analyses the subject matter, ink and brushwork characteristics, and aesthetic connotation of his works, and combines them with the inscribed poems and seals in his works to explore Zheng Sixiao’s nostalgia for his homeland and his transcendent and hidden relics’ state of mind embedded in his poems and paintings.
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