Tang Bohu was a famous painter, calligrapher and poet in Ming Dynasty. Generally speaking, the four gifted scholars in Jiangnan refer to Tang Yin (Tang Bohu), Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhiming and Xu Zhenqing.
Introduction to Tang Bohu:
Tang Yin (1470- 1523), whose name is Bohu and whose name is Wei Zi, was born in the sixth year of Chenghua in Ming Xianzong and Yinri in silver moon, hence the name Tang Yin. His poems and paintings are unique, and his figure paintings are colorful, elegant and smart, with beautiful characters, but also freehand brushwork, simple and interesting. His flower-and-bird paintings are good at freehand brushwork and free and easy. Calligraphy is fantastic and handsome, taken from Zhao Mengfu.
Tang Yin is also very accomplished in literature. Gong's poems have been written for many years, and his paintings and sentimental works express his wild and uninhibited mind and indifference to the world. Slang and slang are used in poetry, which is easy to understand and simple in meaning. He is the author of the Collection of Six Confucian Interpretations, and the Complete Works of Six Confucian Interpretations was compiled in Qing Dynasty. Tang Yin's calligraphy is not as famous as painting and poetry, but his talent is also extremely high.
Although Tang Bohu was a gifted painter with outstanding talents, ideals and ambitions in history, his cynical and arrogant personality was not suitable for this society. He had a rough life and died at the age of 54. Tang Bohu's tragedy, in fact, is the tragedy of people with lofty ideals unwilling to degenerate.