Guo Xi(1023-1085) came from Wen-hsien, Honan. “Early Spring” had been done in 1072, this is not only the finest representative work of the master Guo Xi, it is also one of the most important surviving milestones in the history of Chinese landscape painting. The composition here is arranged in a symmetrical manner, but the sense of order still reveals variations full of rhythm and movement. Following the central axis of the painting, an array of rocky features, large pines, the main mountain, and distant peaks wind back and forth, connecting to create a dynamic mountain form filled with energy. The use of brush and ink here is even more skillful, the activities of figures in the painting done with delicacy to construct a fine scene where one can live and travel vicariously. These forms of expression can also be found in Guo Xi’s notes on painting recorded in Lofty Ambitions Among Forests and Streams, making this work evidence of his theories.