(一) 研究中国绘画史的人,可以从不少史籍中找到有关远古绘画的传说,如提到画肖像的事在传说的黄帝时期就有了:“黄帝时有蚩尤,兄弟八十一人,并兽身人语,铜头铁额,食沙石子,造兵立杖,刀戟大弩,威振天下,诛杀无道,不仁慈,万民欲令黄帝行天下事。黄帝仁义,不能禁蚩尤,黄帝仰天而叹。天遣玄女下,授黄帝兵信 (1) Those who study the history of Chinese painting can find legends about ancient paintings from many historical books. For example, mentioning the portraits of the portraits has existed during the legendary Yellow Emperor period: "When the Yellow Emperor was Chiyou and his brother was 81 , And the animal body language, copper head iron amount, eat sand, build troops stick, knife halberd big crossbow, Wei Zhen world, no killing, no mercy, people want to make the Yellow Emperor world affairs. Forbidden Chi especially, the Yellow Emperor sky sigh day sent Xuannv, teach the Yellow Emperor soldiers letter