宋四家

Sòng Sìjiā
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Four Masters of Song calligraphy: Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang

Examples

HSK 5
Sòng Sìjiā dōu shì Běisòng de shūfǎjiā.
The Four Masters of Song were all calligraphers of the Northern Song.
HSK 6
Zhè jiā bówùguǎn shōucáng le Sòng Sìjiā de shūfǎ zuòpǐn.
This museum holds works by the Four Masters of Song.

Tips

culture
The four are 苏轼, 黄庭坚, 米芾 and 蔡襄, usually named in that order. An old claim holds that the Cai of the list first meant 蔡京, a gifted calligrapher whom history remembers as a corrupt chancellor, and that the earlier Cai Xiang took his place.

Stroke Order

宋 Sòng
四 sì
家 jiā