Huang Tingjian

Huang Tingjian (Hanzi: 黄庭坚; 1045-1105) is a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and poet from the Song dynasty. He is mainly known as a calligraphy writer. He is one of the four calligraphy masters from the Song Dynasty (Hanzi: 宋四 家).Tingjian believes in Buddhism, and also admires Taoism. He fell into the Song Dynasty party combats.

Huang Tingjian Media

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  Takeuchi Seihō - Calm Spring in Jiangnan

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  Jiangnan Summer View. Dong Yuan, 10th century.

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  Jiangxi in China, showing approximate area of Huang Tingjian's home (modern map)

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  Tianjin's location, in modern China. This is also not too far from where Huang Tingjian's teaching post at the Northern Capital was located.

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  Sichuan in China (on modern map)

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  Location of Ezhou Prefecture within modern Hubei, China.

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  Map of the XiaoXiang area, with Guangxi (the location of Yizhou) at bottom.

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  Yizhou: view from the Long River, 2007.

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  Scroll for Zhang Datong, A.D. 1100, a canonical work of Chinese calligraphy in the Princeton University Art Museum