米芾 (Mǐfú): Mi Fu (1051–1107), Northern Song painter, calligrapher, and poet, one of the 'Four Masters of the Song' in calligraphy

Meanings

1 Mi Fu (1051–1107), Northern Song painter, calligrapher, and poet, one of the 'Four Masters of the Song' in calligraphy

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米

luxuriant (vegetation)

Examples

米芾是北宋四大书法家之一。

Mǐ Fú shì Běi Sòng sì dà shūfǎjiā zhī yī.

Mi Fu was one of the Four Great Calligraphers of the Northern Song.

米芾的山水画风格独特。

Mǐ Fú de shānshuǐhuà fēnggé dútè.

Mi Fu's landscape paintings have a distinctive style.

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history

One of the 宋四家 (Four Masters of Song calligraphy) alongside 苏轼, 黄庭坚, and 蔡襄. Famous for his 'Mi-dot' (米点) landscape technique — using dots of ink to suggest misty mountains. Also renowned as an eccentric: he reportedly once bowed to a particularly strange-shaped rock, calling it 'elder brother' (米颠拜石).