Kang-li Kui-kui (English spelling)

Japanese: 康里巙巙 - こうりきき（英語表記）Kang-li Kui-kui

1295‐1345
A calligrapher from the Yuan Dynasty in China. He went by the pen name Zishan. He was also called Kangli Gong. He was from the Kangli tribe, a Turkic nomadic people in Central Asia. Both his father and older brother acquired a highly sophisticated Chinese education, and served at the Kuizhang Pavilion, the educational institution under Emperor Wen, and became professors of the Academic Academy. During the reign of Emperor Shunzong, he was appointed as the head of the Hanlin Academy. He was known for his excellent calligraphy, and was second only to Zhao Mengfu in esteem. Incidentally, Gong can also be pronounced "nou" or "do", so some people refer to him as "Kori nou" or "Kori do". [Toyama Gunji]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1295‐1345
中国，元の書家。子山と号した。康里巙ともよばれる。中央アジアのトルコ系遊牧民康里部の出身。父，兄ともに中国風の高い教養を身につけ，文宗の学問所奎章閣に出仕して学士院大学士となり，順宗の時には翰林院承旨となった。能書をもって知られ，趙孟頫（ちようもうふ）に次ぐ評価をうけている。なお，巙には〈のう〉または〈どう〉というよみ方があるので，彼のことを，〈こうりのう〉または〈こうりどう〉とよむ人もある。【外山軍治】

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