Guan Xiu (823 ~ 9 12), a common name Jiang, was a Lanhuo native of Wuzhou (Jinxian County, Jiangxi Province), a famous painting monk in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. At the age of 7, he joined Zen master Yuan Zhen in Lanxi and An Temple as a child waiter. Guan Xiu has a very good memory. He recites "Hokke Kyo"1000 words every day and never forgets anything. Guan Xiuya is good at singing, and often talks with monks through the fence, or sings for couples, or sings with each other, and everyone is amazed. After Guan Xiu was ordained, his poems became more and more famous. After working for two years (9 15), I finally lived, with a life span of 8 1.

Guan Xiu was a famous painting monk in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. Throughout his life, he was good at poetry and painting, especially the arhat he painted, which was simple and unique and had a high reputation in the history of painting in China. In the seventh year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (835), Guan Xiu became a monk in He 'an Temple. He loves and hates clearly, cares about the sufferings of the people and hates corrupt officials. His cruel officials' Ci angrily condemned the atrocities of corrupt officials oppressing the people. He also has the pride of not being afraid of power. When he was in Hangzhou, he wrote a poem to me: "Donate money to my father". Qian Liu was overjoyed after reading it, but asked him to change the fourteen States in the poem to forty States. Guan Xiu replied categorically: It is difficult to change poetry in California. Refuse to cling to powerful people.

The masterpiece is about the artistic style and presentation process of The Sixteen Arhats. According to Yizhou's famous paintings, he painted 16 frames of Lohan, with thick eyebrows, rhinoplasty, leaning against the green, sitting on mountains and rivers, beautiful face and graceful manners. Or ask, cloud: what Hugh (Guan Xiu claimed) saw in his dream. He also painted ten disciples of Sakyamuni, and the same is true. People are different from people. Disciples cherish it very much. At that time, there were songs and poems in Qing Xiang. If you want a pen, you can only see it, but you can't get it. At the beginning of Taiping and Xingguo (976 ~ 983), Emperor Taizong searched for ancient paintings, gave Cheng Gongyu to shepherd Shu in Japan, and presented 16 frames of "Lohan Guan Xiu" as ancient paintings.

Sixteen arhats are masterpieces reflecting the past and present in Guan Xiu's paintings. Whether it is the creative style of the work or the skill of pen and ink, it has always been highly respected. The famous "Xuanhe Pu Shu" said: Even Dan Qing's habits are self-inflicted, and he dare not compliment. As Lohan of the 16th National Congress, his brushwork is slightly unconventional, and writing his eyebrows in Chinese is not all similar in the world.

Guan Xiu once went to Zhang Yu (now Nanchang, Jiangxi) to preach the theory of fire religion and Mahayana belief, both of which were concise and diligent in admonition, and were highly praised by Wang Yao, the prefect of the county. After Wang Yao left, Jiang Xuan, the new satrap, opened the altar of repentance and quit, and invited Guan Xiu to supervise the altar. Also known as monk Guan Xiu.