王齐翰(公元10世纪)〔五代·南唐〕金陵(今江苏南京)人，生卒年不详。后主李煜朝(961-975)为宫廷翰林图画院待诏。工画人物、佛道宗教画，兼擅山水、花鸟，以画猿獐出名。好作山林丘壑，隐岩幽谷，无朝市风埃气，其画以笔法工细为特色。

 开宝末(976)富商刘元嗣以高价购得王齐翰画《罗汉图)》十六幅，载入京师(河南开封)，质于相国寺僧，后刘偿其所贷，取赎以归，被僧以过期拒赎，以至刘讼于官府。时赵光义任开封府尹，督索其画，一见大加赏叹，遂留画并厚赐刘。

越十六日，赵光义即帝位(即宋太宗赵炅)，其画被命名为《应运罗汉》。《宣和画谱》著录其御府所藏作品有《传法太上图》《三教重屏图》等119件。传世作品有《勘书图》卷(一名《挑耳图》)，绢本，设色，上有宋徽宗赵佶书"勘书图"、"王齐翰妙笔"，卷后有宋苏轼、苏辙、王诜及金代史公奕，明代董其昌、文震孟及清代诸人题跋，现藏南京大学;《荷亭婴戏图》团扇，藏美国波士顿美术馆。

 擅长佛道人物画，也能画山水。他的人物画上 承唐代的余绪，在技法、风格和流派等方面均有所发展，具有自己的风格。画史上说他画佛道人物多思致，善于将所画人物置于山林丘壑的环 境背景中，无一点俗气。

 《勘书图》卷(一名《挑耳图》)，《勘书图》，绢本，设色，纵28.4厘米，横65.7厘米，现收藏于南京大学。据苏东坡于北宋元佑六年(1091)六月二日《跋南唐挑耳图》记载，此图先为著名画家王诜(晋卿)所有，王氏是宋英宗的女婿，家中有"宝绘堂"，收藏极富。王诜之后，此图转入朝奉大夫王定国手中。此期此图名曰《挑耳图》，后经宋徽宗赵佶御题命为《勘书图》。 画中士夫左手自然搁于椅子扶手上，抬起右手挑耳，面部稍稍右倾，左目微微闭成缝状，一种挑耳获得的快感跃然素绢之上。他身着白衣敞开胸襟，长须顺柔下垂胸前，跷腿而坐，双脚赤露搭垫于鞋上，脚姆指上翘，与挑耳相呼应联系，一种闲适惬意的感觉被惟妙惟肖地表现出来。另外衬景屏风、几案以及侍童布置得体，简洁大方，有条不紊，用笔流畅之中有顿挫变化。

 brief introduction

Wang Qihan (10th century A.D.) [Five Dynasties, Southern Tang Dynasty], Jinling (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province), was born and died in an unknown year. The later Emperor Li Yu Dynasty (961-975) was appointed by the Imperial Academy of Painting in Hanlin. Artistic figures, Buddhist and Taoist religious paintings, both good at landscapes, flowers and birds, to draw the apes and roes famous. Haozuo mountains and hills, hidden rock valleys, no Chaocheng city atmosphere, its painting is characterized by meticulous brushwork.

Life

Kaibaomei (976) Rich merchant Liu Yuanshi bought sixteen of Wang Qihan's painting Arhat Tu at a high price, which was recorded in the Jingshi (Kaifeng, Henan Province) and was made up of monks in Xiangguo Temple. After that, Liu repaid his loan, redeemed for his return, and was refused redemption by the monks due to expiration, so that Liu sued the government. When Zhao Guangyi was appointed to Kaifeng Prefecture Yin, he asked for his paintings, and when he saw them, he greatly admired them, so he left them and gave Liu a generous gift.

On the sixteenth day, Zhao Guangyi became emperor (that is, Zhao Jing, Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty). His painting was named "Arhat at the Moment". The Xuanhe Painting Spectrum recorded 119 works in the imperial palace, such as "Chuanfa Tai Shang Tu" and "Sanjiao Double Screen Tu". The handed-down works include the volumes of the Book of Investigation (one of the ear-picking diagrams), silk editions and colors. There are Zhao You's "Book-searching Diagrams" and Wang Qihan's wonderful brushwork written by Song Huizong, followed by Song Sushi, Suzhe, Wang Qi and Shigongyi of Jin Dynasty, inscriptions by Dong Qichang of Ming Dynasty, Wenzhen Meng of Wen Dynasty and postscripts of Qing Dynasty, which are now in Nanjing University; the group fans of the Baby Lotus Pavilion, and Tibetan beauty. National Boston Museum of Art.

Characteristics of Works

He is good at Buddhist and Taoist figure painting and can also paint landscapes. His figure paintings inherit the remnants of the Tang Dynasty and have developed in techniques, styles and schools, with their own style. In the history of painting, he painted Buddhist and Taoist figures with much thought and was good at putting them in the background of mountains and hills without any vulgarity.

Prospecting Charts

The volume of the Book of Investigation (one of the ear-picking maps), the Book of Investigation, silk, color, vertical 28.4 cm, horizontal 65.7 cm, is now collected in Nanjing University. According to Su Dongpo's "Banan Tang Picking Ear Tu" recorded on June 2, 1091, the sixth year of Yuanyou in the Northern Song Dynasty, this picture was first owned by Wang Jie (Jinqing), a famous painter. Wang was the son-in-law of Song Yingzong, and his family had a "treasure painting hall" with a very rich collection. After Wang Jie, the picture was transferred to Wang Dingguo, a court doctor. In this period, the title of this picture is "Selecting Ear Tu", which was later inscribed by Zhao Youyu, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty as "Investigating Book Tu". The scholar-bureaucrat naturally rests his left hand on the armrest of the chair, raises his right hand to pick up his ears, tilts his face slightly to the right, and closes his left eye slightly into a seam. The pleasure of picking up his ears is on plain silk. He was open-minded in white, with a long beard and a gentle drooping chest, sitting cross-legged, bare feet on his shoes, his thumbs up, and ear-picking. A sense of leisure and comfort was vividly expressed. In addition, the screen, several cases and the waiters are well arranged, concise and generous, orderly, and fluent with the pen, there are setbacks.