Painter Ma Lin's'Full-Length Portraits of Five Moral Legends by Confucian Orthodoxy'Considered
This thesis focuses on the group painting of'The Full-Length Portraits of Five Legends by Confucian Orthodoxy'(Dào Tǒng Wǔ Zǔ Xiàng)attributed to Ma Lin of the Southern-Song dynasty in feature,theme and the creation date by the archival records and its history of circulation,coming to the judgement that the group painting was created in the 1st year of Chunyou period(1241)during which it was granted by the emperor to Guozijian of the imperial academy by its correlation with the stone-carved text of'Thirteen Praises of the Confucian Orthodoxy'(Dào Tǒng Shí Sān Zàn)'completed in the 3rd year of Shaoding(1230)of the Southern-Song dynasty.These figures as the representatives are in line with Zhu Xi's lineage theory by Confucian Orthodoxy,whereby which Emperor Lizong(理宗)of the Song Dynasty reaffirms the legitimacy of his succession to the throne.The pictorial content is also discussed in the thesis.
the Southern-Song dynasty'Full-Length Portraits of Five Moral Legends of the Confucian Orthodoxy''Thirteen Praises of the Confucian Orthodoxy'(Dào Tǒng Shí Sān Zàn)'Emperor Lizong(理宗)of the Song Dynasty