Mi Fu [fú] (1051-1107), self-signed name Mi or Qian, Fu or Fu [fú]. Calligrapher, painter, calligraphy and painting theorist in the Northern Song Dynasty. Han nationality, whose ancestral home is Taiyuan, Shanxi, moved to Xiangyang, Hubei, and later settled in Runzhou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu). Talented, personable and scattered, so clean that he becomes addicted. The bedding imitates the people of the Tang Dynasty, and there are many strange stones. Calligraphy and painting are in a family of their own. He can paint dead wood, bamboo and rocks, creating new ideas from time to time, and he can also paint landscapes, creating an ink and wash drama of clouds and mountains, covered by smoke and clouds, plain and innocent. Good poetry, good calligraphy, fine identification. He is good at seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script, and is good at imitating ancient calligraphy to the degree of authenticity. One of the four families of Song Dynasty. He once served as a school secretary, a doctor of calligraphy and painting, and a member of the Ministry of Rites.
Because of his weird personality and crazy behavior, he was called "brother" when he met a stone, and he worshiped him endlessly, so he was called "Mi Dian". Huizong Zhao is a doctor of calligraphy and painting. Also known as "Mixiangyang" and "Minan Palace".
Mi Fu's Running Script "Six Letters"
