Mei Qing Explained

Mei Qing (; ca. 1623 - 1697) was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet active during the Qing Dynasty.

Mei was born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province.^[1] His style name was 'Yuangong' (渊公 or 远公) and his pseudonyms were 'Mount Qu' (Qushan 瞿山), 'Winter Hut' (Xue Lu 雪庐), and 'Lao Qu Fan Fu' (Chinese: 老瞿凡父).^[2] Mei was taught by Wang Meng.^[1] He was a friend Shitao, influencing some of Shitao's earlier works.^[3] His landscape paintings were based on his many travels to the Yellow Mountain.

His works on poetry include: Tian Yan Garret Collection (Chinese: 天延阁集) and Mei Shi Anthology (Chinese: 梅氏诗略).^[4]

References

• Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press.
• Ci hai bian ji wei yuan hui (Chinese: 辞海编辑委员会). Ci hai (Chinese: 辞海). Shanghai: Shanghai ci shu chu ban she (Chinese: 上海辞书出版社), 1979.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Méi Qīng Brief Biography. 2008-07-17.
2. Barnhart: 380.
3. Barnhart: 272.
4. Cihai: 1305.