Mi Fei (1051—1107), a native of Taiyuan, was born in Taiyuan, and later moved to Xiangyang, Hubei Province, and lived in Runzhou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province) for a long time. He was the most outstanding calligrapher in Song Dynasty, and the calligraphy of Evonne, a calligrapher in Song Dynasty, was deeply influenced by him. Mi Fei's family has been an official for generations. He used to be a school book lang, a doctor of calligraphy and painting, and a foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites. He is very good at writing poems and has high attainments in calligraphy. He has his own unique views on official script, regular script, running script and cursive script. He is also good at copying ancient calligraphy, reaching the level of confusing the fake with the real.
Some of the works of "Two Kings" that we see today are not "original works", but imitations of Mi Fei. Mifei copied the works of Ou Yangxun and Liu Gongquan from the beginning, with tight fonts and strong strokes. Later, he copied the works of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, and his brushwork was vigorous and bright, calling himself "brush-writing".
He, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Cai Xiang are also called the four great calligraphers in the Song Dynasty. Mi Fei's existing calligraphy ink includes Empress Dowager Cixi's Elegy, Shu Su Tie, Tiaoxi Iron Stone, Bai Zhong Yue Ming Tie, Hong Xian Shi Juan, Cao Shu Jiu Tie, Duojing Lou Iron Stone and so on.
Mi Fei not only has great achievements in poetry and calligraphy, but also has great ability in painting. He is good at painting trees, bamboos and stones, especially at painting ink landscapes. He vividly described the changes of rivers and mountains in the misty clouds and heavy rain with big brush strokes, and was called "Mi's Yunshan" by later generations. He is very creative, but no Miffy's paintings have been found so far. 1 107, Mi Fei died at the age of 57.