清　石濤　(朱若極)　楷書七律五首　折扇|Five poems

Art Historical Context

This exquisite calligraphy by Shitao (also known as Zhu Ruoji, 1642–1707) captures five seven-character regulated poems written in elegant regular script on a folding fan. Created around 1700 during the Qing dynasty, the work reflects the artist’s life as a former Ming prince who became a Buddhist monk and later an itinerant painter and calligrapher. Shitao belonged to a circle of individualist artists who rejected rigid academic traditions, favoring expressive brushwork that conveyed personal emotion and philosophical depth. The piece’s format—a fan mounted as an album leaf—highlights the in...