Analysis Of Mi Youren's Calligraphy

The Northern Song Dynasty emperor Zhao Kuangyin vigorously promoted the development of culture.He inaugurated an institution specialized in calligraphy called “Imperial Calligraphy College”,which played a vital role of the calligraphic style of “advocating interest” in Song Dynasty.However,Event of Jingkang not only changed the social environment at that time,but also had a great impact on calligraphy of Southern Song Dynasty.In the ruler’s strong advocacy,people in all walks were still kept a high enthusiasm of the calligraphy.But the overall view of the Southern Song Dynasty calligraphy is declining trend.Throughout the calligraphy history of Southern Song Dynasty,it is difficult to find a clear progressive law,the overall atmosphere has always been shrouded in the Su Shi,Huang Tingjian and Mi Fu and most of the people learn from Mi Fu.There were numerous studies of Mi Fu’s calligraphy and painting in history,while Mi Youren was freshly mentioned.In fact,Mi Youren is a distinguished calligrapher among the learners of Mi Fu’s calligraphy in the early Southern Song Dynasty.And at the time for the formation of Mi Fu’s calligraphy atmosphere also has a positive effect.Comparing with the group of Southern Song Dynasty which to learn Mi Fu’s calligraphy,the advantages in some respects of Mi Youren were not obvious.The article is divided into four parts.The first chapter is the study of the life and death year of Mi Youren and his official career.The process of copying the document led to the record of Mi Youren’s birth and death years have multiple versions of the record;And the experiences of his career has made influence to his calligraphy style.The second chapter expounds Mi Youren’s calligraphy art according to explore the cause of the formation of his calligraphy style,the brushwork and painting.As the eldest son of Mi Fu,the style of Mi Youren’s calligraphy is similar to Mi Fu.And the calligraphy style of Mi Fu and the personality of Mi Youren influenced Mi Youren’s calligraphy style to be smoother.The third chapter is the comparison of Mi Youren,Wu Ju and Zhang Jizhi from the perspective of accepting aesthetics.Mi Youren,Wu Ju and Zhang Jizhi are the representative calligraphers who learned Mi Fu’s calligraphy in the early,the medium and the late Southern Song Dynasty which can be found the law of Mi Fu’s calligraphy inheritance in the Southern Song Dynasty.At last,the research extends to the entire Southern Song Dynasty.It is sums up Mi Fu’s calligraphy in the Southern Song continuation of the category and analyzes the reasons.The analysis of Mi Yourens’ calligraphy is the focus of this research.The research elaborates the Mi Youren’s calligraphy from multiple perspectives by the analysis method,the comparison method and the image method.