Chinese figure paintings are divided into

Working-brush figure is a traditional Chinese painting that depicts the activities of people as the main object, and it is the painting that directly reflects the reality in Chinese painting.

Working-brush figure painting is divided into light color and heavy color.

The subject matter is divided into figures, Taoism, customs, ladies and portraits.

And because of the difference in the style of painting is divided into the figure, simple brush figure, ink figure, white figure and Wu costume figure.

Figure painting predates other Chinese painting disciplines, with murals of historical figures exhorting the good and discouraging the bad during the Zhou Dynasty.

By the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, there was a proliferation of works based on the stories and activities of historical realities or mythological figures.