Praise to the Painting of Gongzhong Pagoda by Yu Qian; Ming dynasty
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浙江錢塘(今杭州) 政治家 書法家
字廷益，號節庵，諡肅愍，明萬曆年間（1573～1620）改諡忠肅。生於一三九八年，卒於一四五七年。明代（1368～1644）政治家、書法家。浙江錢塘（今杭州）人。永樂十九年（1421）進士。官至兵部尚書，加少保，贈太傅。任山西、河南巡撫期間，賑濟災荒，築堤植樹，深得百姓愛戴。
工詩文，亦擅書法。書法師承趙孟頫，筆法清麗，有奇氣，用筆勁逸有力。佛教書跡有行楷書《題公中塔圖贊》，應北京夕照寺普朗和尚為其師古拙俊禪師遺作《題公中塔圖并贊語》所作題記，現藏北京故宮博物院。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 325.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yu Qian." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 325.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Yu Qian" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:325.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Yu Qian. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 325).
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