Dong Qichang advocated the theory of "Southern and Northern Schools" by analogy with Zen. He is an outstanding representative of "Huating Painting School" and has the beauty of "Yan Gu Zhao Zi". His painting and painting theory had a great influence on the painting world in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Calligraphy in and out of Jin and Tang Dynasties is unique and can be used as poetry.

Dong Qichang (1555— 1636), whose real name was Xuanzang, was born in Huating, Songjiang (now Maqiao, Minhang District, Shanghai), and was a painter and painter in the Ming Dynasty. Seventeen years, scholar, edited by Hanlin Academy. He was an official of Nanjing Ritual Department and became "Wen Min" after his death. Dong Qichang was good at painting landscapes, and studied under Dong Yuan, Huang and Ni Zan. His pen is delicate and neutral, quiet and sparse. Clean and bright with ink fragrance, gentle and simple; Green, simple and generous.

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17 years old, Dong Qichang Kao Songjiang prefecture. At that time, he wrote a very proud eight-part essay, believing that he could win the championship, but when it was published, it was behind his cousin Dong.

The reason is that Zhen Ji, the Songjiang magistrate, thinks that the handwriting on his test paper is very poor. Although the article is good, it can only rank second. Stimulated by this incident, Dong Qichang studied calligraphy hard. Taking Yan Zhenqing's "Duo Ta Tie" in Tang Dynasty as a model, it was later changed to Wei and Jin Dynasties, and copied the legal posts of Zhong You and Wang Xizhi. After more than ten years' efforts, Dong Qichang's calligraphy has made great progress, and landscape painting has gradually become an introduction.