Ni Yuanlu
Ni Yuanlu, courtesy name Yuru, art name Hongbao, posthumous names Wenzheng and Wenzhen, was a high-ranking official, calligrapher, and painter of the Ming dynasty of China.
Ni was born in Shangyu, Zhejiang. He passed the imperial examination in 1621 as a jinshi and was a scholar in the Hanlin Academy. Ni's calligraphy used a semicursive script style with refined strokes. Ni committed suicide by hanging at the end of the Ming dynasty.