中国的人物画有着悠久的传统。早在周代即有劝善戒恶的历史人物壁画。至战国秦汉,以历史现实或神话中人物故事和人物活动为题材的作品大量涌现。战国楚墓出土的《人物龙凤》与《人物驭龙》帛画是已知最早的独幅人物画作品。魏晋时期,思想的解放,佛教的传入,玄学的风行,专业画家队伍的确立,促成人物画由略而精,宗教画尤为兴盛,出现了以顾恺之为代表的第一批人物画大师,也出现了以《魏晋胜流画赞》《论画》为代表的第一批人物画论,奠立了中国人物画的重要传统。盛唐时期吴道子则把人物宗教画推进到更富于表 Chinese portrait painting has a long tradition. As early as the Zhou Dynasty there are persuasion and evil historical figures murals. To the Warring States and Qin and Han dynasties, the historical realities or myths, figures and character activities as the subject of a large number of works. The “figure dragon” and “figure dragon” unearthed in the tomb of the Warring States Period are the earliest known solitary portraits. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the liberation of thought, the introduction of Buddhism, the prevalence of metaphysics and the establishment of a professional painter’s team led to the sketchy and refined portrayal of paintings and the flourishing religious paintings. The first master figures, represented by Gu Kaizhi, The first batch of figure painting theory represented by “Wei Jin Shengshu Painting” and “Painting” also appeared. It established the important tradition of Chinese figure painting. During the Tang Dynasty, Wu Taozi put the religious paintings of figures to richer form