穰侯詩帖 Political circle

【作者介紹】

米芾（1051年－1107年），北宋書畫家。初名黻，字元章，時人號襄陽漫士、海岳外史，自號鹿門居士。米芾原籍襄陽（今屬湖北），後定居潤州（今江蘇鎮江）。因其衣著行為以及迷戀書畫珍石的態度皆被當世視為癲狂，故又有「米顛」之稱。米芾於硯，素有研究，是北宋著名書法家、鑒定家、畫家、收藏家。米芾為著名書畫家和文物鑒賞家，與蘇軾、黃庭堅、蔡襄並稱宋代四大家，他擅長楷、行、草、篆、隸等多種字體，尤以行草最為著名。

Inside Story

The poem delivers a message that although he who once held great power in a political circle will lose his power and turn into a common people someday or even falls into a worse condition. It is just like Chin Dynasty, although it unified six countries, merely lasted for fifteen years and was replaced by Han Dynasty. Mi Fu expressed his thoughts on the uncertainty and helplessness in political circle and in life.