The great Song Dynasty poet and artist, Mi Fu (1051-1107), wrote treatises on painting and calligraphy, in addition to this work on inkstones. Translating his work, this title offers a glimpse into the mind of this brilliant 11th century artist and provides a guide to the connoisseurship of this essential treasure of the scholar's studio. The great Song Dynasty poet and artist, Mi Fu (1051-1107), wrote treatises on painting and calligraphy, in addition to this work on inkstones, translated here by the eminent Dutch diplomat and Sinologist, Dr. R H van Gulik. In the