Several forms of early Chinese figure painting

The second is the brushwork and heavy color painting method.

Third is the method of pictorial painting (simple brushwork).

A type of painting. The general term for paintings in which the human figure is the main subject. Chinese figure painting, referred to as "figure", is a major painting in Chinese painting, the emergence of landscape painting, bird and flower painting, etc. for the early; roughly divided into Taoism and Buddhism painting, painting of women, portrait painting, custom painting, historical story painting, and so on. Figure painting strives to portray the personality of the characters in a realistic and vivid manner. The method of transmitting the spirit, often the performance of the character, in the environment, atmosphere, body and dynamic rendering. Therefore, in Chinese painting theory, figure painting is also called "Transfiguration". Famous figure paintings through the ages are the Eastern Jin Dynasty Gu Kaizhi's "Luoshen Fugu" volume, the Five Dynasties Southern Tang Dynasty Gu Ma-zhong's "Han Xizai Night Banquet", the Northern Song Dynasty Li Gonglin's "Vimalakirti", the Southern Song Dynasty Li Tang's "Caiwei Tu" and so on.