鲁迅先生在《陶元庆君的绘画展览时》一文里有一段话说:“……他以新的形,尤其是新的色来写出他自己的世界,而其中仍有中国向来的魂灵——要字面免得流于玄虚,则就是:民族性。”这种民族性是从那里来的呢?鲁迅先生又在《陶元庆氏西洋绘画展览会目录序》里阐述说:“作者是夙擅中国画的,于是固有的东方情调,而自然而然地从作品中渗出,融成特别的丰神了”。我揣摸这两段话的精神,觉得民族性不外两种:一种是自在的,一种是自为的。由于陶元庆是中国人,生活的环境和习惯是中国的,从人事交往到艺术品的观 In his article “When Tao Yuanqing was Painting Exhibition”, Mr. Lu Xun said: “... he wrote his own world with new shapes, especially new colors, but there is still the Chinese soul that has always been there - Literally so flow in the mystery, then is: nationality. ”From this nationality come from? Mr. Lu Xun and“ Tao Yuan Qing’s Western Painting Exhibition directory, ”said:“ The author is good at Chinese painting, So the inherent oriental mood, and naturally from the works of exudation, into a special rich abundance of God. ” I guess the spirit of these two paragraphs, I feel no other than two nationalities: one is comfortable, one is self-serving. Since Tao Yuanqing is a Chinese, the environment and customs of life are China. From the personnel exchange to the view of artwork