Ni Yuanlu (; ca. 1593âÂÂ1644), courtesy name Yuru (çÂÂæ±Â), art name Hongbao (鴻寶), posthumous names Wenzheng (æÂÂæ£) and Wenzhen (æÂÂè²Â), 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.