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[1] From Xie He of the Southern Dynasties, The Classification of Old Paintings (《古画品录》, Gu Hua Pin Lu). See Pan Yungao ed., Theories on Calligraphy and Painting from the Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties (《汉魏六朝书画论》, Han Wei Liu Chao Shuhua Lun), Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2004, p. 301.
[2] Cited from Zeng Zuyin, Categories of Ancient Chinese Aesthetics (《中国古代美学范筹》, Zhongguo Gudai Meixue Fanchou), Taipei, Danqing Books Co., Ltd., 1987, p. 200.
[3] History of the Southern Dynasties, Volume 8: "Skilled in calligraphy, good at painting, made a portrait of Confucius, composed a written eulogy for it, contemporaries called it the Three Perfections."
[4] The Wu Family Shrines are Han Dynasty ancestral halls and tombs located north of Wudai Village, Zhifang Town, Jiaxiang County, Jining City, Shandong Province. Built during the reigns of Emperors Huan and Ling of the Eastern Han. A stone chamber for protection was built in 1962. In 1972, the carved stones embedded in the walls of the old houses were removed and moved to the chamber for display. The Wu Family Shrines scenic area was established in 2014.
[5] See Shen Shuhua ed., The Art of Inscriptions in Chinese Painting (《中国画题款艺术》, Zhongguo Hua Tikuan Yishu), Beijing, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, 1998.
[6] Wang Bomin, Viewing Tang Paintings Through Poems (《唐画诗中看》, Tang Hua Shi Zhong Kan), Taipei, Dongda Book Company, 1993, p. 3.
[7] Poem in Praise of a Painted Fan (《咏画扇诗》, Yong Hua Shan Shi) by Bao Ziqing, a poet of the Liang Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties, is a five-character poem, included in *Poetry of the Pre-Qin, Han, Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, Volume of Liang Poetry, Chapter 28*.
[8] Aoki Masaru once said: 'Inscribed poems on paintings are the result of the convergence of pictorial eulogies and object poetry.' See Aoki Masaru, trans. Wei Zhongyou, "Literature of Inscriptions on Paintings and Its Development," Chinese Culture Monthly, No. 9, July 1970, p. 84.
[9] Zheng Wenhui, Poetic Sentiment and Pictorial Meaning (《诗情画意》, Shiqing Huayi), Taipei, Dongda Book Co., Ltd., 1995, pp. 36–55.
[10] See Yuan Dynasty Zheng Sixiao's Ink Orchid (《墨兰图》, Molan Tu). Ink on paper, image 25.7 x 42.4 cm, housed in the Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts, Japan.
[11] See Pan Yungao ed., Painting Theory of the Tang and Five Dynasties (《唐五代画论》, Tang Wudai Hua Lun), Changsha, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, 2004.
[12] See Northern Song Wang Shen's Snow over Fishing Village, Handscroll (《渔村小雪图卷》, Yucun Xiaoxue Tu Juan). Ink and color on silk, image 44.5 x 219.5 cm, housed in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
[13] See Yuan Dynasty Qian Xuan's Dwelling in the Floating Jade Mountains (《浮玉山居圖》, Fuyu Shanju Tu). Ink on paper, image 29.6 x 98.7 cm, housed in the Shanghai Museum.
[14] See Yuan Dynasty Chen Lin's Duck by a Stream (《溪凫图》, Xi Fu Tu). Ink on paper, image 35.7 x 47.5 cm, housed in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
[15] See Tang Dynasty Han Huang's Five Oxen, Handscroll (《五牛图卷》, Wu Niu Tu Juan). Ink on paper, image 20.8 x 139.8 cm, housed in the Palace Museum, Beijing.
[16] See Northern Song Li Gonglin's Five Horses, Handscroll (《五马图卷》, Wu Ma Tu Juan). Ink on paper, 29.3 x 225 cm, housed in the Tokyo National Museum, Japan.
[17] See Yuan Dynasty Zhao Mengfu's Sparse Trees and Elegant Rocks, Handscroll(《秀石疏林图.卷》, Xiu Shi Shu Lin Tu. Juan). Ink on paper, image 27.5 x 62.8 cm, housed in the Palace Museum, Beijing.