宋代理学观念下人品与画品的关联——以《梅花喜神谱》为中心的考察

The Relation between Moral Quality and Artistic Quality under the Influence of Neoconfucianism in the Song Dynasty:An Investigation of Picture Copybook of Plum Blossoms

人品与画品的关联是传统中国画论的重要特色。存世最早的木刻版画图籍《梅花喜神谱》通过“梅花图像”和“喜神”(画像)的对接,把梅花想象成先祖或有才德之人,从而把梅花转换成有道德的人,以此对梅花作道德想象,这就是在宋人画论中出现的人品与画品相通的实证材料。

As one of the important features of traditional Chinese theory of painting, the moral quality and artistic quality are related. In the earliest woodcut Picture Copybook of Plum Blossoms, the image of plum blossoms and figure (portrait) are connected. The plum blossoms are imagined as ancestors or people possessing both political integrity and ability and then converted into the virtuous men. The moral imagination of the plum blossom is the positive evidence of the connection between moral quality and artistic quality in the painting theory in the Song dynasty.