米芾

Mǐfú

proper noun

Meanings

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

Characters

luxuriant (vegetation)

Examples

HSK 5

米芾是北宋四大书法家之一。

Mǐfú shì Běisòng sìdà shūfǎ jiā zhīyī.

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

HSK 5

米芾的山水画风格独特。

Mǐfú de shānshuǐhuà fēnggé dútè.

Mi Fu's landscape paintings have a distinctive style.

Tips

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).

Stroke Order

米 mǐ

芾 fú