Zhu Zhishan's cursive script is very famous. Zhu Zhishan was one of the "Three Masters in the Middle Ming Dynasty" (along with Wen Zhiming and Wang Chong). His calligraphy absorbed the calligraphy of Yu Shinan in Tang Dynasty and Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty, and promoted the cursive scripts of Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi and Tang Huaisu in Jin Dynasty. It is known as "the first in Ming Dynasty" and "the painting of Tang Bohu, the word of Zhu Zhishan". Zhu Zhishan's Liu Ti Shi Fu Juan, Du Fu Cao Shu, Nineteen Ancient Poems, Tang Cao Shu, Cao Shu and Han Juan are all masterpieces handed down from generation to generation. Although Zhu Yunming has no famous paintings, he can also draw, but he rarely writes, and even fewer works have been handed down from generation to generation.
Wen Zhiming was the most famous painter and great calligrapher in the middle of Ming Dynasty. Famous in his later years, he is known as "writing all over the world". People who bought his calligraphy and painting called him "envious of the sea and mountains" as soon as they stepped on the threshold. Wen Zhiming, who died at the age of 90, is the oldest among the "four gifted scholars in Wumen". Nearly 90 years old, he still worked tirelessly and wrote an epitaph for people. Before he finished writing, he "put down his pen and sat down and died."
Wen Zhiming's calligraphy and painting attainments are extremely comprehensive, and his poems, essays and paintings are excellent. People call it the "four unique" generalist. Although he imitated Shen Zhou, he still has his own style. He is versatile, green ink and wash, and meticulous brushwork. Mountains and rivers, people, flowers, orchids, etc.
Xu Zhenqing is a writer. It occupies a special position in the field of poetry, and there are many poems, so it is called "Xiong Wen". His early poems were similar to those of Bai Juyi and Liu Yuxi, and were later influenced by He Jingming and Di 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, Wang, etc.). 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.