Wu Daozi (approximately 680~759 AD), a famous painter in the Tang Dynasty, was honored as the saint of painting in the history of painting, also known as Daoxuan. Han nationality, from Yangdi (now Yuzhou, Henan). He was born around 680 AD (first year of Yonglong) and died around 758 (first year of Qianyuan). Less lonely and poor, he was famous when he was young. He used to be a county lieutenant in Yanzhou Xiaqiu (now Ziyang, Shandong), and soon resigned. After living in Luoyang, he engaged in mural creation. During the Kaiyuan period, he was called to the court with good paintings and served successively as enshrinement, doctor of internal teaching, and Ning Wangyou. I once learned calligraphy with Zhang Xu and He Zhizhang, and experienced the way of using brushes by watching Gongsun Da Niang dance sword. Good at Buddhism and Taoism, gods and ghosts, figures, landscapes, birds and beasts, vegetation, pavilions, etc., especially good at Buddhism, figures, and mural creation.