Mi Fei (105 1 year-1 107), formerly known as Kun, later changed to Fu, with the word "meter", lived in Taiyuan, moved to Xiangyang, Hubei, and lived in Runzhou (today). Calligrapher, painter and painting theorist in Northern Song Dynasty, together with Cai Xiang, Su Shi and Huang Tingjian, are also called "Song Sijia". He used to be a school book lang, a doctor of calligraphy and painting, and a foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Mi Fei's calligraphy and painting has its own style, including dead wood and bamboo stones and unique landscape paintings. He is also quite accomplished in calligraphy. He is good at seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script. And he is good at copying ancient calligraphy, reaching a chaotic level. His main works include Zhang Jiming's Post, Li Taishi's Post, Zijin Research Post and Mo Dan Qiushan Poetry Post. Mi Fei's Shu Su Tie, also known as Imitation of Ancient Poems Tie, is the eighth running script in the world and is praised by later generations as the first beautiful post in China.
Miffy's anecdote:
Mi Fei loved inkstone deeply, even before the emperor for a piece of inkstone. Song Huizong once asked Mi Fei to write a cursive script with two rhymes. In fact, he also wanted to see Mi Fei's calligraphy, because Song Huizong was also a great calligrapher and his "thin gold body" was also famous. Mi Fei's pen moves the dragon and snake, straight as a line from top to bottom. After reading it, Song Huizong really liked it and praised it.
When Mi Fei saw the emperor happy, he immediately held his favorite inkstone in his arms, and ink splashed everywhere. He told the emperor that the minister of inkstone had already used it, and the emperor could not use it any more. Please give it to me! Seeing that he loved this inkstone so much and cherished its calligraphy, the emperor couldn't help laughing and gave it to the emperor. Mi Fei loves inkstone deeply, comparing it to his own head, holding his beloved inkstone and sleeping for several days. He loves inkstone not only for appreciation, but also for continuous research. He discussed the origin, color, fineness and technology of various inkstones.