Xu Daoning (許道寧 Xǔ Dàoníng) (c. 970–1051/53) was a Chinese painter of the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1279) from Chang'an (now Xi'an) or Hejian (河间 now Hebei). He started out life by selling medicine prescriptions in Kaifeng. While selling prescriptions, he also began painting nature scenes in the style of Li Cheng. After gaining popularity he took up painting murals for Chinese nobles. His most notable work is Fishermen's Evening Song (ca. 1049).

許道寧，中國北宋畫家。生卒年不詳，活躍于北宋中期。長安（今陝西西安）人，一說河北河間人。擅畫山水，師法李成而能自成一家之體。

早年在汴京（今河南開封）以賣藥為生，以畫吸引顧客，隨藥送畫，逐漸得名，公卿士大夫爭相延請。許氏長于畫林木、平遠、野水三種景色，晚年筆法簡快，所畫峰巒樹木，峭拔勁硬。

宋代鄧國公張士遜作詩贈許氏：被認為是繼李成、范寬之後山水畫第一人。米芾和黃庭堅等大家都對其畫作極為讚賞。許道寧性格豪放，嗜酒如命，人號「醉許」，黃庭堅更是曾在《答王道濟寺丞觀許道寧山水圖》詩中描繪了許道寧醉中作畫的神情舉止：足見其畫技之高超。

[a Wand under the Pine Tree by Xu Daoning.jpg|thumb|《松下曳杖圖》，現存於臺北國立故宮博物院]

傳世作品《秋江漁艇圖》卷（又名《漁舟唱晚圖》或《漁父圖》）為許道寧代表作之一，絹本，淡設色，畫群山遠峰之下開闊江面上的數隻漁艇。山法為一筆焦墨和濃墨直掃而下的長皴，繪出屏風一樣陡峭的壁崖，表現峰巒的峭拔之勢；其山勢和曲折迂迴的江水增加了構圖上的變化；畫樹用大筆、粗筆，樹幹不皴，枝似雀爪，只用墨點點樹葉，筆法豪壯而有氣勢；遠處樹木則用濃墨作長條狀，少畫枝葉，長短不一，這些畫法不同于李成和范寬，體現出風格狂逸的許氏特色。

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