Biography of Dong Qichang

This is a panoramic biography about the art master Dong Qichang. After years of study, analysis and textual research, the author Sun Wei has comprehensively described and interpreted this landmark art master nearly four hundred years ago. This book takes Dong Qichang's life experience as the main line, starting from his arduous journey as an official in his youth, and tells the many ups and downs of his "Northern Drift" experience, from being born in poverty to being a successful scholar, and then becoming the master of the eldest son of the emperor. With his extraordinary talent and unremitting efforts, Dong Qichang became the mainstay of the literary world in the late Ming Dynasty. Thereafter, in the complex political affairs of the late Ming Dynasty, Dong Qichang experienced many ups and downs, experienced quite difficult ups and downs in the officialdom, and finally became rich by relying on his artistic creation and business management, becoming a first-class official in the late Ming Dynasty... This book not only describes Dong Qichang's life story, but also puts his accomplishments and achievements in the fields of calligraphy and painting, art, history, and even his ups and downs in officialdom and business life into the political, economic, and cultural background of that time. It closely links the direction of individual destiny with the times, allowing readers to clearly see Dong Qichang's ups and downs in his life, and presenting readers with a flesh-and-blood master of calligraphy and painting.