刘宋时期的思想家、画家宗炳在美术史上有着重要影响,但《宋书·宗炳传》有关其人的记载比较含糊,后世也有不少误读。结合《晋书》、《南史》、《弘明集》等相关文献记载,可以相对确定其一生主要活动时间及相关活动内容。宗炳至少在青年时期担任过殷仲堪、桓玄所辟的主簿之职,中年时期曾长期担任刘宋太子舍人之职,其一生有相当长的出仕经历。晚唐张彦远《历代名画记》误读《宋书·宗炳传》,并有意窜改相关史实,将宗炳塑造成一位“前后辟召,竟不就”的从未涉足官场的隐士,致使后世学者形成宗炳一生从未出仕的印象,这其实是个误解。 Zong Bing, a thinker and painter in the Liu and Song Dynasties, had an important influence on the history of fine arts. However, his records about the people in Song Zong Bing Biography were rather vague. Many misunderstandings were made in later generations. Combining with the records of “Jin Shu”, “Nan Shi” and “Hong Ming Ji” and other related documents, we can relatively determine the main activities of their lifetime and related activities. Zong Bing, at least during his youth, served as the main book of Yin Zhongkan and Huan Xuan. As a middle-aged man, he had long been a priest of Prince Liu and Song dynasties. In the late Tang Dynasty, “Historical Paintings of Various Dynasties” was misread “Song Zong Bing Chuan” in the late Tang Dynasty and deliberately tampered with the relevant historical facts, shaping Zong Bing into a “hermit who never set foot in the bureaucrats” It is actually a misunderstanding that future generations of scholars would never form a prestigious school.