Xu Wenchang usually gives people the impression that he spends his birthday by talent, but he is also a person who cares about social politics and is full of patriotic enthusiasm. During Jiajing period, the southeast coast was frequently invaded by Japanese pirates. Due to the slack of military equipment and incompetence of officials, people's lives and property were greatly lost. On the one hand, Xu Wenchang sharply criticized this with his poems; on the other hand, he devoted himself enthusiastically to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, Xu Wenchang was recruited by Hu Zongxian, who was appointed as the military governor of southeast China, and entered the shogunate to take charge of documents. This is the most proud period of Xu Wenchang's life. At the beginning of the curtain, Hu Zongxian wrote "Into the White Deer Original Table", which was appreciated by the emperor. Since then, Hu Zongxian has been more dependent on him and more tolerant of his laissez-faire personality. For various reasons, Hu Zongxian kept close contact with the powerful minister Yan Song. In the forty-first year of Jiajing, Yan Song was dismissed, and Xu Jie became the cabinet records. Under the instigation of Xu Jie, Hu Zongxian was involved in illegal activities, and was arrested and returned to Beijing the following year (after being dismissed only for meritorious service). Xu Wenchang left the Governor's Office. Xu Wenchang is a bit extreme by nature. He failed the exam year after year, and he was very unhappy mentally. At this time, he was deeply saddened by Hu Zongxian's framed death, and he was more worried about his persecution, so he was completely disappointed with his life and even went crazy. He wrote an angry epitaph for himself, then pulled out the nail on the pilaster and smashed it into his ear, bleeding like a spring, and it took several months to heal. Later, I hit the renal capsule with my spine and didn't die. Repeated attacks like this, repeated suicide nine times. In the forty-fifth year of Jiajing, he killed his wife Zhang because he suspected her unfaithfulness. Under the rescue of friends, Xu Wenchang spent seven years in prison, and was finally released by Emperor Wanli. This happened in 1573, and Xu Wenchang was 53 years old.
Xu Wenchang is unique in poetry, drama, calligraphy and painting, which has left a far-reaching influence on present and future generations, but it is also quite rare. Yuan Zhonglang honored his poems as the first in Ming Dynasty, and his plays were highly praised by Tang Xianzu. In painting, he is one of the most outstanding figures in the art history of China. Zheng Banqiao was one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou in Qing Dynasty, and he respected Xu Wenchang very much. He once traded 500 gold for a pomegranate in Tianchi (decorated by Xu Wei) and carved it, calling himself "the running dog under the ivy". Zheng Banqiao is the only lackey who claims to be an admirer. Old man Baishi, a master of modern art, also deeply admired him. He said that he hated being born three hundred years earlier, grinding ink and sorting paper for him.