Ni Yuanlu

Ni Yuanlu, Portrait of Ming dynasty official, before 1680. Anhui Museum, Hefei, China

Ni Yuanlu (Chinese: 倪元璐; pinyin: Ní Yuánlù; Wade–Giles: Ni Yüan-lu; ca. 1593-1644) was a high-ranking official, calligrapher, and painter during the Ming dynasty of Chinese history.

Ni was born in Shangyu in the Zhejiang province.[1] His courtesy name was "Yuru" (玉汝) and his art name was "Hongbao" (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". Retrieved 2008-07-09.
  2. 1 2 Cihai: Page 253.

References

  • Cihai. Shanghai: Shanghai cishu chubanshe (上海辞书出版社), 1979.


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