7、友人言:新文人画应当具有文人画的一些基本要素,那么今天怎样的中国画才能成为文人画?对曰:要讨论这个问题,必须有一个前提,那就是这里的文人画不是宗派意义上的文人画(如董其昌关于南北宗论中的南宗画),而是一个更加广义的概念,那就是具有传统文人价值取向的中国画。从这个意义上讨论,我认为一幅画作要成为文人画至少应当具备以下条件:一是画家具有一定的中国传统文化素养,至少是具有文学、书法方面的修养,也就是具备“文人”应该具备的基本素质。什么是“文人”的基本素质,我认为,文人素质不简单等同于文化素质,尤其是在现代条件下。因为“文 7, Friends say: The new literati should have some of the basic elements of literati painting, so today what kind of Chinese painting can become a literati painting? To say: to discuss this issue, there must be a premise that the literati painting here is not sectarian meaning (Such as Dong Qichang’s Southern paintings in the Southern and Northern Sects), but a more general concept, that is, traditional Chinese painting with the value orientation of traditional scholars. In this sense, I think a painting should at least have the following qualifications to become a literati: First, the artist has a certain degree of Chinese traditional cultural accomplishment, at least with literary and calligraphic accomplishments, that is, with ”literati“ Should have the basic qualities. What is the basic quality of ”literati“? In my opinion, literati’s quality is not as simple as cultural quality, especially under modern conditions. Because ”text