Zhou Tianqiu

Zhou Tianqiu

Zhou Tianqiu (1514-1595), the word Gongxia, is called magic sea, and also called Liuzhi Jushi, qunyushan people, Xiaxiang TingChang. Nanzhili Taicang (now Jiangsu) people. Ming Dynasty calligrapher. He moved to Wu County in Suzhou with his father. He traveled from Wen Zhengming and was famous for his calligraphy. He is especially good at big and small seal characters, ancient Li characters, and regular script. He is good at monuments and tablets. He was good at painting orchids and writing orchid grass. It was lost after Zhao Mengfu. He was only good at painting orchids, especially Zheng Sixiao. Intercropping flowers is also good. It has its own style, and it has a new idea. He died 82 years ago.

Life of the characters

In terms of literary attainments, Zhou Tianqiu was especially good at big and small seal script, ancient official script and regular script. He was also good at painting orchids and grasses. Zhou Tianqiu moved to Wu (now Suzhou) with his father. He seldom visited Wen Zhengming and learned calligraphy. Wen Zhengming said with urgent permission, "I will be the writer one day, and Zhou Sheng will be the same." He is good at big and small seal, ancient Li, Xing and Kai, and is famous for his poems and paintings. He is good at painting orchids. He uses Zheng Sixiao, an expert in painting orchids in Song Dynasty. His strokes are full of twists and turns. His strokes are old, vigorous and elegant. "Ming Hua Lu" said: "Mo LAN lost after Zhao Songxue (that is, Zhao Mengfu), but the celestial sphere was unique." In his later years, he created his own style of calligraphy. At that time, the monuments and tablets were all created by him. His work "heart classic" is a classic, which is characterized by its well-rounded, steady, elegant, gentle and vigorous.

Main achievements

Calligraphy works handed down from generation to generation include peach blossom bookstore, five character rhyme poem axis, five character rhyme fan, running calligraphy humble room inscription axis, Song Dynasty Palace Museum poem fan and duanlong LIANGANG poem fan, etc.; painting works include Narcissus painting. There are seven character poems, fan atlas and letters to Mr. Bai jianzun in Xingkai script, including Gucheng Shanfang collection, Feng Yuancheng collection, Ming painting record, silent poetry history, Yuanhua Baojian continuation and painting history Huiyao