Editing Chinese art (section)

==== Painting ====
{{multiple image| align = right | direction = vertical | header = | header_align = left/right/center | footer = Mural paintings of court life in Xu Xianxiu's Tomb, [[Northern Qi dynasty]], 571 AD, located in [[Taiyuan]], [[Shanxi]] province | footer_align = left | image1 = Paintings on north wall of Xu Xianxiu Tomb.jpg | width1 = 250 | caption1  = | image2 = Paintings on east wall of Xu Xianxiu Tomb.jpg | width2 = 250| caption2  = | image3 = Paintings on west wall of Xu Xianxiu Tomb.jpg | width3 = 250| caption3  = }}
[[Gu Kaizhi]] is a celebrated painter of ancient China born in [[Wuxi]]. He wrote three books about painting theory: ''On Painting'' (畫論), ''Introduction of Famous Paintings of Wei and Jin Dynasties'' (魏晉名畫記) and ''Painting Yuntai Mountain'' (畫雲臺山記). He wrote, "In figure paintings the clothes and the appearances were not very important. The eyes were the spirit and the decisive factor."
Three of Gu's paintings still survive today: ''[[Admonitions Scroll|Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies]]'', ''Nymph of the Luo River'' (洛神賦), and ''Wise and Benevolent Women''.

There are other examples of Jin dynasty painting from tombs. This includes the ''Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove,'' painted on a brick wall of a tomb located near modern Nanjing and now found in the Shaanxi Provincial Museum. Each of the figures are labeled and shown either drinking, writing, or playing a musical instrument. Other tomb paintings also depict scenes of daily life, such as men plowing fields with teams of oxen.

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File:Funerary panels, from the tomb of Sima Jinlong, 484 CE. Datong, Shanxi Province.jpg|Funerary panels, from the tomb of [[Sima Jinlong]], 484 CE
File:Riders on Horseback, Northern Qi Dynasty.jpg|A scene of two horseback riders from a wall painting in the tomb of Lou Rui at [[Taiyuan]], Shanxi, [[Northern Qi]] dynasty (550–577)
File:China ceramics lotus vessel.JPG|Lotus-patterned vase from [[Northern Qi]], 6th century CE
File:Hangzhou Nansong Guanyao Bowuguan 20120518-08.jpg|Lion-shaped candle holder from Western Jin c. 4th century CE
File:Buddhist paintings Yungang.jpg|[[Northern Wei]] murals and painted figurines from the [[Yungang Grottoes]], dated 5th to 6th centuries.
File:Datong 146.jpg
File:Datong 145.jpg
File:Yungang cave9 dougong.jpg

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