The six principles of painting came from xie he, who is famed to be all of the following, except which? a. writer c. historian b. critic d. general

D. General

Explanation:

Xie He was a historian and writer of 6th century. He was also a critic of Southern Qi dynasties and Liu song. He wrote the book "The record of classification of old Painters". In the preface of that book he mention "Six principles of Chinese painting" for which he is famous. He classified them as:

1- Spirit Resonance

2- Bone Method

3- Correspondence to object

4- Type suitability

5- Division and Planning

6- Transmission.

Thus, he was a writer, historian, and critic, but he was not a General.