Wen Zhiming was born into an official family. In his early years, he attacked poetry and calligraphy, and studied under Wu Kuan, Li Yingzhen, Shen Zhou and others. I became famous when I was young. In the last years of Zheng De (15 1 1), Governor Li Chongsi recommended Chao and appointed him as imperial academy. Sejong ascended the throne, and Wen Huiming participated in the compilation of Records of Wu Zong and served as a banquet officer.
In the first year of Jiajing (1522), he was recommended by Li Chongsi, governor of Suzhou, and went to Beijing the following year. After passing the examination of the official department, he was awarded the imperial edict of imperial academy. Four years later, he resigned and returned to the south, where he built a jade mountain house and entertained himself at home with calligraphy and painting for more than 30 years. In the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing (1559), Wen Zhiming died at the age of ninety.
Wen Zhiming's paintings and calligraphy are exquisite, and so are his poems. Because his calligraphy is delicate and elegant, his painting attainments are particularly profound, his reputation is far spread, and everyone in his paintings knows it, so his works handed down from generation to generation are really mixed. His painting skills are comprehensive, including landscapes, figures, flowers and orchids, especially landscapes.
Anecdotal allusions
1, 3 refused to answer: Wen Zhiming became the most popular painter in Suzhou after middle age, and the buyers stepped on the threshold for his paintings and calligraphy. But Wen Zhiming has his own rules: "Refuse to answer three times in his life": first, don't draw vassals, second, don't draw eunuchs, third, don't draw foreigners, and uphold the integrity of Confucian orthodox scholars.
2. Tradition: Wen Zhiming is very strict and traditional. He is neither good at drinking nor close to women. Tang Yin once deliberately played a trick on him, and all the scribes and painters agreed to go boating in Shihu, Suzhou. After the wine was hot, Tang Yin asked the prostitute hiding in the cabin to come out and propose a toast to Wen Zhiming. Wen was too scared to leave and even jumped into the lake. They had no choice but to rent another boat to let him go first.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Wen Zhiming