Ming · Painter Calligrapher and Official

Dong Qichang 董其昌

Attested AD 1555 - AD 1636

Passages: 5
Chapters: 3
Histories: 2

Overview

Dong Qichang was a Painter Calligrapher and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1555 to AD 1636 少學畫，謁董其昌
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 147
AD 1570 to AD 1636 明董其昌
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 16
AD 1580 to AD 1630 與董其昌齊名
Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 298, passage 182
AD 1600 to AD 1636 董宗伯以授王司農鴻緒
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 75

Key source chapters

Career and standing

painter 畫
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 147

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Associated
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 16
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Lived under
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 147
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 75

Learning and skills

Skill calligraphy 書 · Level transmitter-of-method
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 75

Events and relationships

Relation Teacher of · Person Wang Hongxu (王鴻緒)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 75
Relation Teacher of · Person Zhang Lian (張漣)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 505, passage 147

Assessments and attributes

Item Laizhong Tower 來仲樓 · Relation Built to invite · With Chen Jiru (陳繼儒)
Directly stated · History of Ming 298, passage 195

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 298Volume 298 Biographies 186: Recluses · 2 passages

長為諸生，與董其昌齊名。 As an adult he became a student and was equally famed with Dong Qichang.

其昌為築來仲樓招之至。 Qichang built the Laizhong Tower to invite him there.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er · 2 passages

大抵淵源出於明文徵明、董其昌兩家，鴻緒、照為董氏嫡派，焯及澍則於文氏為近。 Their lineages for the most part traced back to the Ming masters Wen Zhengming and Dong Qichang: Hongxu and Zhao were direct heirs of Dong Qichang's tradition, while He Chao and Wang Shu stood closer to Wen Zhengming's.

二王以後，至唐、宋、元、明諸大家，口口相傳如是，董宗伯以授王司農鴻緒，司農以授張文敏，吾聞而知之。 From the Two Wangs down through the great masters of Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming it was handed down mouth to mouth in just this way: Dong Qichang taught Wang Hongxu, Wang Hongxu taught Zhang Zhao, and I learned it by hearing it passed on.

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 505Volume 505 Biographies 292: Yi Shu Si · 1 passage

少學畫，謁董其昌，通其法，用以疊石堆土為假山。 As a youth he studied painting and sought out Dong Qichang, mastering his methods and applying them to piling stone and earth into artificial mountains.