Who are the calligraphers in Ming Dynasty?

Calligraphers in the early Ming Dynasty included Song Ke, Song Cong and Song Guang, as well as Zhan Xiyuan and Du Huan. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, there were Li Dongyang, Wu Kuan, Shen Zhou, Zhang Bi, Zhang Jun, Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhiming and Wang Chong. In the late Ming Dynasty, there were Xu Wei, Xing Dong, Dong Qichang, Mi, Huang Daozhou, Ni, Wang Duo and Fu Shan. In addition, there are Zhao Huanguang, who created Cao Zhuan, and Song Jue, who specializes in official script.

The Ming Dynasty experienced 276 years, so the development of calligraphy in the Ming Dynasty can be divided into three periods. Among the calligraphers in the Ming Dynasty, Dong Qichang, who pioneered a generation of calligraphy styles, had the greatest influence.

Dong Qichang, whose real name is Xuanzang, whose word is Sibai and whose nickname is Xiangguang Jushi, is a famous painter and calligrapher. In the seventeenth year of Wanli, he was a scholar, awarded the editing of the Hanlin Academy, and was appointed to the Nanjing Ritual Department. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, he died and was given "Wen Min".

Dong Qichang is good at painting mountains and rivers, learning from Dong Yuan, Huang and Ni Zan, and his brushwork is delicate and neutral, quiet and elegant; Clean and bright with ink fragrance, gentle and plain; Green, simple and generous. Calligraphy in and out of the Jin and Tang dynasties, sui generis, can make poetry.

Existing works include: Rock House Map, Eight Scenes of Autumn in Dong Qichang in Ming Dynasty, Zhou Jintang Map, Pipa Trip by Bai Juyi, Poems in Cursive Script, Postscript of Jiang Yanhe Stack, etc.

His works include: Essays on Painting Zen Rooms, Collected Works of Rong Tai, Notes on Xihongtang, etc.