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How did the ancient portraits in the history books come from?
Part of it is portraits of figures from past dynasties collected by the royal family, and more than 580 frames of portraits of ancient celebrities in Nanxun Hall of the Forbidden City. Hua Tuo, Xun Zi and Wang Anshi are from the Atlas of Celebrities and Sages in Past Dynasties. Sun Wu, Fan Li and Sun Bin, excerpted from Photo Album of Military Strategists in Past Dynasties. Confucius, Yan Hui, Mencius, from the atlas of the most holy sages. Fuxi, Yao, Yu, Shang Tang,,, from the axis of ancient emperors. There is also a part of the "Three Talents Map" from Wang Qi and his son Wang Si. The whole book 14, 108. The content covers everything from astronomy to geography, so it is named "Sancai". Zhou Wenwang, Duke Zhou, Zhao Gong, Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yan, Wang Xizhi, Tao Yuanming, Xie An and Kong Ying Da all came from this book, but the author of this book was the Ming Dynasty. Some of them were not in these works, but were ordered by Premier Zhou after the founding of the People's Republic of China. The main author is Jiang. Because there are no pictures, there are only general written materials. For example, Li Shizhen, one of the four famous doctors in Beijing, Xiao Longyou, his father-in-law, was invited to be a model. Zu Chongzhi drew the most famous Du Fuxiang according to Zhu Kezhen, and it is said that he painted it himself as a model. Jiang's ability to depict people is still very strong, so he took a series of paintings by ancient scientists. Including but not limited to: Liu Hui, Zhang Heng, Zhang Zhongjing, a group of monks, Sun Simiao, Guo Shoujing, etc.