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Mi Fu

Type Figure Region China Time 1051–1107 Also known as Yuanzhang、Xiangyang Wanderer、Outer Historian of Haiyue

Mi Fu (1051–1107), courtesy name Yuanzhang, sobriquet Xiangyang Wanderer, was a native of Taiyuan of the Northern Song, calligrapher, painter, and th…

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  1. 1051–1070Taiyuan · ShanxiHis ancestral home was Taiyuan and he was born in Xiangyang. He studied calligraphy from childhood, read widely through ancient and modern stele rubbings, was free-spirited in temperament, and loved collecting paintings and calligraphy.
  2. 1070–1100Bianjing, Runzhou · ChinaHe served successively as collator, Erudite of Calligraphy and Painting, and Vice Director of the Ministry of Rites. His calligraphy developed a distinctive "brushing" style; he befriended Su Shi and Huang Tingjian and wrote Book of Calligraphy and Book of Painting.
  3. 1101–1107Huaiyang · HenanIn his later years he served as military governor of Huaiyang Commandery, dying in office in the first year of the Daguan era at the age of fifty-seven. His achievements in calligraphy and painting were revered as models in Song artistic circles.

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