Five-Character Poem by Zhou Tianqiu; Ming dynasty
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周天球
長洲(今江蘇蘇州) 書畫家
字公瑕，號幼海、六止居士、周公瑕氏。生於一五一四年，卒於一五九五年。明代（1368～1644）書畫家。長洲（今江蘇蘇州）人。少時於文徵明門下學習書法，擅長大篆、小篆、古隸、行、草，晚年亦能自創風格，一時豐碑大碣，皆出其手。並擅寫蘭，清代（1644～1911）徐沁所撰《明畫錄》云：「墨蘭一種，自趙松雪（孟頫）後失傳，惟天球獨得其妙」。
傳世作品有《心經》，藏上海博物館；蘭花圖、行書《五言律詩》，藏江蘇南京博物院；水仙竹枝圖，藏遼寧瀋陽遼寧省博物館。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 361.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Zhou Tianqiu." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 361.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Zhou Tianqiu" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:361.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Zhou Tianqiu. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 361).
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