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六朝四大家

LiùCháoSìDàjiā
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties
  2. 2 Cao Buxing, Gu Kaizhi, Lu Tanwei and Zhang Sengyou

Examples

六朝四大家是中国早期绘画史上的关键人物。
Liù Cháo Sì Dàjiā shì Zhōngguó zǎoqī huìhuà shǐ shàng de guānjiàn rénwù.
The Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties are key figures in early Chinese painting history.
顾恺之是六朝四大家之一。
Gù Kǎizhī shì Liù Cháo Sì Dàjiā zhī yī.
Gu Kaizhi was one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties.

Tips

history
The four are 曹不兴 (Cáo Bùxīng, 3rd c.), 顾恺之 (Gù Kǎizhī, c. 344-405), 陆探微 (Lù Tànwēi, 5th c.), and 张僧繇 (Zhāng Sēngyóu, 6th c.). Together they bracket the 六朝 (Liù Cháo, Six Dynasties, 222-589) period and are credited with founding the figural and Buddhist painting traditions that the Tang dynasty inherited.
culture
顾恺之 (Gù Kǎizhī) is the most famous in popular memory — the Tang-era copy of his 《女史箴图》 (Nǚshǐ Zhēn Tú, Admonitions Scroll) is a star object at the British Museum. 张僧繇 (Zhāng Sēngyóu) gave us the chengyu 画龙点睛 (huàlóng diǎnjīng, 'paint dragon, dot eye').

Stroke Order

六 liù
朝 cháo
四 sì
大 dà
家 jiā