The truth is hidden from view From the Song and Yuan dynasties, Chinese scholars used painting as a tool for self-cultivation, and they embraced land-scapes, which became the undisputed main-stream.
不見廬山真面目對於人的描繪著墨，在宋元以後，文人以畫為一種修身養性的工具，胸懷大千的「山水畫」壓倒性的成為繪畫主流。