Wen Zhiming (1470 ~ 1559), that is, Wen Zhiming, was originally named wall, word, and later changed to the middle of the word, named Hengshan, Zhiyun, a layman in Hengshan, posthumous title. His name is Wen Hengshan. Stop Yunting. Changzhou (now Suzhou) people. The official of Hanlin is waiting for a letter, and Mr. Xian Zhen is a private servant. One of the founders of Wu Pai. He was the most famous painter and calligrapher in the middle of Ming Dynasty. Together with Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and Xu Zhenqing, they are also called "Four Talents in Jiangnan" (also known as the Four Talents of Wumen). It is also called "Ming Sijia" with Shen Zhou, Tang Bohu and Chou Ying. He is very famous in the contemporary era, and he is known as "Hengshan's ancestral home in the world, so he was named Hengshan Jushi and Changzhou (now Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province). At the age of 54, at the age of 54, Gong Sheng tried to be an official. He was awarded a letter to imperial academy, so he called it a letter to be served.
Wen Zhiming's early fame and fortune career was not smooth. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people who passed the examinations at all levels and passed the examinations in Shangguan, Zhou and County schools were generally called "students" or "Jinshi". Wen Zhiming took the exam at the age of a student, and passed it at the age of 53 in the first year of Jiajing (A.D. 1522), but failed to pass it, so he was a teenager. At the age of 54, he was recommended to the court in Beijing by Li Chongsi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry. After examination by the official department, he was awarded a low-paid post in imperial academy. At this time, his calligraphy and painting have gained a good reputation, and there are many requirements for his calligraphy and painting. As a result, he was jealous and excluded by his colleagues in imperial academy. Wen Zhiming was very unhappy. Since he came to Beijing in the second year, he has written a letter asking to resign and go home. His resignation report was approved three times in three years. At the age of 57, he left Beijing, sailed south and returned to Suzhou to settle down. From then on, he devoted himself to poetry and painting, stopped seeking an official position and took a show. 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."