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The three perfections () is a term referring to Chinese , , and understood and practiced as related endeavors.
The earliest recorded mention known of "the three perfections" is found in The ''The Three Perfections: Painting, Poetry and Calligraphy''
Long Island University. Retrieved 7 July, 2022. Legend holds that the
"Show of Three Perfections: Poetry, Painting and Calligraphy."
''The New York Times''.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
''The Great Art of China's 'Soundless Poems'.''
The Schiller Institute.
Transcultural Ink: Riding Three Perfections to One. Chinese art Song dynasty art Chinese painting Chinese poetry Chinese calligraphy Japanese art Japanese painting Japanese poetry Japanese calligraphy
The three perfections () is a term referring to Chinese , , and understood and practiced as related endeavors.
The earliest recorded mention known of "the three perfections" is found in The New Book of Tang
The ''New Book of Tang'', generally translated as the "New History of the Tang" or "New Tang History", is a work of official history covering the Tang dynasty in ten volumes and 225 chapters. The work was compiled by a team of scholars of the So ...
, where the term is used to describe the work of poet-painter , who, as described by calligrapher Qi Gong
Qigong ()) is a system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and meditation said to be useful for the purposes of health, spirituality, and martial arts training. With roots in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese medicine, Chin ...
, "excelled in poetry, calligraphy, and painting."Long Island University. Retrieved 7 July, 2022. Legend holds that the
Tang dynasty
The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...
poets Du Fu
Du Fu (; 712–770) was a Chinese poet and politician during the Tang dynasty. Together with his elder contemporary and friend Li Bai, Du is often considered one of the greatest Chinese poets of his time. His greatest ambition was to serve ...
and Li Bai
Li Bai (, 701–762), Literary and colloquial readings, also pronounced Li Bo, courtesy name Taibai (), was a Chinese poet acclaimed as one of the greatest and most important poets of the Tang dynasty and in Chinese history as a whole. He and hi ...
were the first to introduce the combination of painting and poetry into one artwork. Several hundred years later, Su Shi
Su Shi ( zh, t=, s=苏轼, p=Sū Shì; 8 January 1037 – 24 August 1101), courtesy name Zizhan (), art name Dongpo (), was a Chinese poet, essayist, calligrapher, painter, scholar-official, literatus, artist, pharmacologist, and gastronome wh ...
, a poet and painter, promoted the use of poetry and painting together. Instruction of artists at the Northern Song
The Song dynasty ( ) was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Ten Kingdoms, endin ...
Imperial Painting Academy included the integration of poetry and painting.
Examples
* ''Anchorage on a Rainy Night'', Shen Zhou, Chinese, 1427–1509 * ''Illustration to the Second Prose Poem on the Red Cliff'', Qiao Zhongchang, Chinese, late 11th or early 12th century * ''Landscape after Li Bo's poem'', Ike Taiga, Japanese, Edo period, 18th centuryGallery
References
{{ReflistFurther reading
* Battista, Carolyn. (May 12, 1996)"Show of Three Perfections: Poetry, Painting and Calligraphy."
''The New York Times''.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
''The Great Art of China's 'Soundless Poems'.''
The Schiller Institute.
External links
Transcultural Ink: Riding Three Perfections to One. Chinese art Song dynasty art Chinese painting Chinese poetry Chinese calligraphy Japanese art Japanese painting Japanese poetry Japanese calligraphy