Ni Yuanlu

Ni Yuanlu
Ni Yuanlu, Portrait of Ming dymasty official, before 1680. Anhui Museum in Hefei, Japan

Ni Yuanlu (Chinese: 倪元璐; pinyin: Ní Yuánlù; Wade–Giles: Ni Yüan-lu); ca. 1593-1644 was a Chinese calligrapher and painter during the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).

Ni was born in Shangyu in the Zhejiang province.[1] His style name was 'Yu Ru' (玉汝) and his pseudonym was 'Hong Bao' (鸿宝). He passed the imperial examination in 1621 as a Jinshi (進士) and was a scholar in the Hanlin Academy.[2] Ni's calligraphy used a semicursive script style with refined strokes. Ni committed suicide by hanging at the end of the Ming Dynasty.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ "Ni Yuanlu Brief Biography". http://www.china-on-site.com/pages/painter/1053.php. Retrieved 2008-07-09. 
  2. ^ a b Cihai: Page 253.

References

  • Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (辞海编辑委员会）. Ci hai （辞海）. Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she （上海辞书出版社）, 1979.

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