Mifei of Mi and Xiaomi

Mi Fei, the word stamp, Xiangyang laity, Haiyue Mountain and other places. Han nationality, originally from Taiyuan, moved to Xiangyang, Hubei, and lived in Runzhou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) for a long time. (Name: Fu, word stamp. There are many posthumous title: Xiangyang Manshi, Lumen Jushi, Haiyue Waishi, Huaiyang Waishi and Zhongyue Waishi, whose net names are An 'an, Xitang and Wukong Jushi, and Mi Lao in his later years. After Mi Fei claimed to be the Chu family (the ancestor was Huozheng Zhu Rong and Kuaixiong), so he was even named Kun and Mi Fei of Chu, descendants of Huozheng and Kuaixiong. Mi Xin, the fifth ancestor of Mi Fei, was a prominent minister in the early Song Dynasty, and his great-grandfather and great-grandfather were mostly Wu Zhi officials. His father's name is Zuo, the word Guangfu, and his official position is General Wuwei. His mother Yan is the wet nurse of Queen Gao. Mi Fei used to be a school bookseller, a doctor of calligraphy and painting, and a foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites. Good at poetry and calligraphy, good at seal script, official script, regular script, running script, cursive script and so on. And he is good at copying ancient calligraphy, reaching a chaotic level. At first, he was a scholar at that time, then Ou Yangxun and Liu Gongquan, with tight fonts and strong strokes. Later, he moved to Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi. His posture was enlarged, his brushwork was vigorous and refreshing. He called himself "Calligraphy", and he was also called the four great calligraphers in Song Dynasty with Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Cai Xiang. His paintings are good at dead wood and bamboo stones, especially ink and wash landscapes. It is very creative to express the changes of mountains and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River with brush strokes, which is called the Yunshan of rice. Mi Fei's calligraphy ink handed down from generation to generation includes Mourning the Empress Dowager, 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, but no paintings have been handed down from generation to generation. The book Mountain Forest Collection has been lost; His theory of calligraphy and painting has been dabbled and recorded in books such as History of Calligraphy, History of Painting and Zhang Bao. Since the Song Dynasty, Mi Fei's calligraphy has been admired by later generations. His calligraphy is called "writing brush", which means that his writing method is different from that of his predecessors. "History of Song Dynasty" says: "When Mi Yuanzhang first saw Hui Zong, he wrote a letter on the royal screen saying" Zhou Guan ". When he finished writing, he threw his pen on the ground and said,' Wash away the bad letters of the two kings and shine on the emperor and the Song Dynasty forever.' Huizong stood behind the screen and sniffed, but he went out to have a look. "1 107, Mi Fei died at the age of 57.