Overlapping Time and Space and History:A Study on the Mixing of the Matrixes of the Four Hao Figures of Shangshan and the Nine Elderly Figures of Huichang
The Four Hao of Shangshan and the Meeting of the Nine Elders are historical legends from two different eras,both of which express the theme of hermits.This paper takes the different scenes of the Forbidden City's"Huichang Nine Elders Scroll"and the Liao Bo's"Shangshan Four Hao and Huichang Nine Elders Scroll"as an entry point,and finds that not only do Shangshan Four Hao and Huichang Nine Elders,two mother-themes from two different eras,appear to be overlapped and mixed across time and space in the Song paintings,but also that there is a symbiotic relationship between the two in terms of order of circulation and reconstruction.
Shangshan SihaoHuichang Jiu LaoMixed use of mother-titleHermit painting