Ni Yuanlu

Ni Yuanlu (Chinese: 倪元璐; pinyin: Ní Yuánlù; Wade–Giles: Ni Yüan-lu; ca. 1593–1644), courtesy name Yuru (玉汝), art name Hongbao (鴻寶), posthumous names Wenzheng (文正) and Wenzhen (文貞), was a high-ranking official, calligrapher, and painter of the Ming dynasty of China.

Ni was born in Shangyu, Zhejiang.[1] He passed the imperial examination in 1621 as a jinshi 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". Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  2. ^ a b Cihai: Page 253.

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