Copying Mi Fu's Record of Fangyuan Hermitage - Character 3
Dong Qichang, a Ming Dynasty master who basically wrote the rulebook for Chinese literati art, is paying homage to his hero Mi Fu here. This scroll is his copy of the 'Record of the Fangyuan Hermitage,' a Buddhist text. Look at how the characters flow in 'running script'—it looks fast and wild, like a dancer improvising, but it’s actually super disciplined. Dong believed you had to master the ancients to be great, so he takes Mi Fu’s eccentric style and polishes it with his own elegant, calm vibe. It’s like a jazz cover of a classical song.
- Technique
- Ink calligraphy
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