Researches on the Painting Aesthetics of Zhang Dai

Zhang Dai,literator of late Ming dynasty,made remarkable achievements in literature,history,art and so on,which aroused people’s interests continuously.People paid more attention to his short essays before,but seldom elaborate his other fields,such as drama,music,calligraphy,drawing,delicious food,construction and so on.Researches on his aesthetics have not developed yet.This article summarizes his aesthetics,and elaborates his essays from three aspects: drawing creation,drawing style,and the inheritance and development of painting in poem theory.