Mu Qi (Chinese: 牧溪 Wade-Giles: Mu-ch'i, Japanese: 牧谿 Mokkei), also known as FaChang (Chinese: 法常) or Muqi Fachang, was a Chinese painter and Chán monk who lived during the Southern Song Dynasty, approximately 1200-1270 CE (Mu Qi was his name as a painter, Fa Chang as a monk; his personal name is uncertain). Born in Sichuan, he emigrated to the Southern Song capitol Lin An (now Hangzhou). His mentors in painting probably included his abbot Wu Jun (Chinese: 無準師範) and the painter Liang Kai. His works are considered among the most expressive of the Chan (aka Zen) style of painting.
Important works generally attributed to Mu Qi: presently in the Daitoku-ji in Kyoto are a triptych of Guan Yin flanked by a monkey family on one side and a crane on the other; Tiger; Dragon; and the much-reproduced Six Persimmons. Other works sometimes attributed to Mu Qi or as being "in the style of Mu Qi" include various nature studies and a Luohan painting in the Seikado Museum.[1]