Mi Fu’s Fu is pronounced fú. There are representative works handed down from generation to generation such as "Yanshan Inscription", "Shu Su Tie", "Duojinglou Poems", "Reporting the Tiaoxi Opera to Friends" and other representative works.
Mi Fu was a calligrapher, painter, and theorist of calligraphy and painting in the Northern Song Dynasty. Together with Cai Xiang, Su Shi, and Huang Tingjian, he was known as the "Four Calligraphers of the Song Dynasty". Mi Fu had attainments in calligraphy, painting, epigraphy, etc., among which he had the highest achievement in calligraphy.
Mi Fu studied calligraphy the most in his life, and his greatest achievements were in running script. Among the famous calligraphies since the Southern Song Dynasty, most of them are engraved with his calligraphy. They are widely circulated and have far-reaching influence. Among the "four major calligraphers of the Northern Song Dynasty", they are second to none. Kang Youwei once said: "The structure of Tang language is more important than the interest of Song Dynasty." This means that calligraphers in the Song Dynasty paid attention to interest and personality, and Mi Fu was particularly outstanding in this aspect.
1. Handscroll of "Yanshan Inscription"
Ink on paper, 36 cm high and 138 cm long, divided into three sections. This hand scroll circulated orderly and entered the palaces of the Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty. During Lizong's reign in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was collected by Jia Sidao, the Right Prime Minister. Due to historical reasons, this volume unfortunately ended up in Japan and was collected by the Yuri Neighbor Museum in Japan. ?
2. "Shu Su Tie"
"Shu Su Tie", also known as "Ancient Poetry Tie", is ink on silk and running script. The length is 29.7 cm and the width is 284.3 cm. "Shu Su Tie" was collected by famous collectors such as Xiang Yuanbian, Dong Qichang, and Wu Ting in the Ming Dynasty. It fell into the hands of Gao Shiqi, Wang Hongxu, and Fu Heng in the Qing Dynasty. It later entered the Qing Dynasty and is now in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. Museum.
3. "Duojinglou Poetry Album"
It consists of 11 pages, each page is 31.2 cm long and 53.1 cm wide, with 41 lines written on it. Some of each line contains two or three characters, while others only have one character, which fully demonstrates the majestic power of Mi Fu's large-character running script. "Duojinglou Poetry Album" was originally a long scroll, which had been framed into a volume during the Song Dynasty. It was collected by many collectors during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is a masterpiece of calligraphy that has been circulated in an orderly manner.
4. "Presenting the Tiaoxi Opera to Friends"
Paper, running script, 30.3 cm in length and 189.5 cm in width. Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing. The whole volume has 35 lines and 394 words. The final year mark is "written on August 8th, Yuanwuchen". It is known that it was written in Wuchen, the third year of Yuanyou, Zhezong of the Song Dynasty (1088 AD), when Mi Fu was 38 years old.
5. "Hongxian Poetry Volume"
It is a large-character calligraphy inscription of two seven-character poems written and written by Mi Fu. Ink volume on paper, 37 lines maximum, with 2 or 3 words per line. Among Mi Fu's handed down works, there are very few large calligraphy calligraphy, and large calligraphy is not Mi Fu's specialty. Mi Fu even called his calligraphy "brush calligraphy", which is more obvious in his large calligraphy.
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