Legend has it that zhou wenbin is one of the four great talents in Jiangnan. But there is no clear record about zhou wenbin in the history books. However, zhou wenbin, Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhiming are all called the four great talents in many TV dramas about the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River.
Tang, Zhu, Wen and Zhou did exist in history, and they were invented by later scholars. The "Four Scholars of Wu Zhong" in history refers to Tang, Zhu, Wen and Xu, that is, writers of the Ming Dynasty, who are tied with others as "the first seven scholars". Their poetic style is clear, but they are not familiar with calligraphy and painting, and their personalities are different from those of the other three. Probably for this reason, later the literati invented a beautiful zhou wenbin to make up the numbers.
Four gifted scholars in Wuzhong, that is, four gifted scholars in Jiangnan. It refers to four talented and free-spirited cultural people who lived in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province in the Ming Dynasty. Generally speaking, Tang Yin (Tang Bohu), Zhu Yunming (Zhu Zhishan), Wen Zhiming and Xu Zhenqing.
During Chenghua and Zhengde years in Ming Dynasty, Xu Zhenqing and others were called "four gifted scholars in Wuzhong". The History of Ming Dynasty (Volume 286): "Xu Zhenqing is as famous as Zhu Yunming, Tang Yin and Wen Zhiming, and he is also known as four talents in Wuzhong." Xu, Zhu, Tang, Wen, etc. were active when imitating the first seven philosophers and the retro style prevailed. At that time, they were able to stand on their own feet and express their temperament as the first meaning of poetry, which was really commendable. Although Xu Zhenqing ranks among the top seven, his poems are excellent, and his poetics has many unique features. Critics think that Li Mengyang and He Jingming are not comparable. Tang Yin, Zhu Yunming and Wen Zhiming are not only good at poetry, but also good at calligraphy and painting, so they are famous for their versatility.
Xu Zhenqing (1479-151year) was born in Wuxian (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), a native of Meili Town, Changshu, and later moved to Wuxian. The writer of Ming Dynasty, known as "the poet of Wuzhong", is one of the four gifted scholars in Wuzhong (also known as the four gifted scholars in Jiangnan). It is famous for the quatrains of "every family in Jiangzuo, flowers and trees in Yangzhou in foggy month".
Among the four gifted scholars in Wuzhong, Tang Yin, Zhu Yunming and Wen Zhiming are famous for their calligraphy and painting, but Xu Zhenqing is famous for his poetry. Xu Zhenqing occupies a special position in the field of poetry, and there are many poems, known as "Xiong Wen". His early poetry style was close to that of Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi, and was later influenced by He Jingming and Bian Gong. He advocated that "literature should be suitable for the Qin and Han Dynasties, and poetry should flourish in the Tang Dynasty" and participated in the literary retro movement. He was one of the "first seven poets" (the other six were He Jingming, Bian Gong, Kang Hai and Wang He). Qin Yi Lu, written by him, only talks about the Han and Wei Dynasties, but ignores the theory of restoring ancient ways after the Six Dynasties. His poems are elegant in style and gallop between Han and Tang Dynasties. Although deliberately retro, there is still a romantic feeling in Wuzhong.