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"" Ruihe Picture "Bookmark: Destiny Password in Danqing In the Imperial City of Bianliang on the 16th day of the first month of the second year of Zhenghe in the Northern Song Dynasty, twenty cranes suddenly arrived at Xuande Gate. This incident of connection between heaven and man, solemnly recorded by historians, was transformed into the most politically metaphorical auspicious pattern in the history of China art. This green masterpiece, which combines Taoist metaphysics with imperial ambition, uncovers the deep code of "using art to carry Tao" in court art between meticulous brushwork and freehand brushwork. The painting was changed to "Chonghe" the following year after it was completed, exposing the political script nature of Xiangrui's creation. The invisible composition of the character "Tian" formed by the crane group echoes heaven and earth with the imperial title "The Second Night of Zhenghe Imjin Shangyuan", elevating accidental natural phenomena into visual testimony of the divine power of kings. Those seemingly free crane dance trajectories are actually a closely calculated symbol matrix-the astrological codes of the Seven Constellations of the East and the Nine Emperors of the Big Dipper are hidden in them. The courty-oriented transformation of Taoist aesthetics reached its peak here: the number of cranes implicitly corresponds to Taoism's "peak number of heaven and earth", the circling direction corresponds to the trajectory of Luoshu, and even the chirping Qing Yue has been transformed into a metaphor for governing the country. This creative method of politically symbolizing religious elements has created a new tradition of "drawing pictures to convey Tao""in court art. "