The dichotomy of Chinese painting refers to

The method of "three distances" in Chinese painting means that in a painting, there can be several different perspectives to express the height, depth and flatness of the scenery.

"High" means looking up, "far" means looking down, and "horizontal" means looking up.

"lofty" belongs to the view of the mountain from the foot of the mountain, similar to the composition of pyramids and monuments in western painting. If Ye Ping can see the mountains, he doesn't need to look up.

"Profound" belongs to the field of vision from the foot of the mountain to the foot of the mountain and from the front mountain to the back mountain, which is similar to the zigzag or S-shaped composition in western painting composition. Looking down from a height, you can see endless mountains.

The "plain" belongs to seeing the mountain from the front of the mountain and from the near mountain. It can represent Ye Ping or low mountains, but not high mountains.

Extended data:

"Sanyuan" is a word that is hard to escape when appreciating landscape painting. According to Lin Zhi compiled by Guo Si in the Northern Song Dynasty, his father Guo said three things: high, far and far. Climbing up the mountain from the foot of the mountain is called sublime; Looking at the mountain from the front is far-reaching; Looking far from the near mountain is called the plain.

Stereo method is actually a method of how to express the three-dimensional space of height, width and depth in the landscape realm. After Guo put forward the "three-distance" method, Han Zhuo and his descendants Huang, Fei Hanyuan and others who had studied art in Japan all developed the "three-distance" method to varying degrees. Guo also mentioned three kinds of flirting in Sanyuan, that is, "lofty is different, profound color is heavy and gloomy, and plain color is bright."