Tang Yin | |
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| Born | 6 March 1470 |
| Died | 7 January 1524 (aged 53) |
| Education | Protégé of Wen Lin |
| Known for | Poetry, Painting |
Tang Yin (Chinese: 唐寅; pinyin: Táng Yín; Cantonese Yale: Tong Yan; 6 March 1470[1] – 7 January 1524[2]), courtesy name Bohu (伯虎[3]) and Ziwei (子畏),[4] was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet of the Ming dynasty period.
Even though he was born during the Ming dynasty, many of his paintings, especially those of people, were illustrated with elements from Pre-Tang to Song dynasty art.[5][6]
Tang Yin is one of the most notable painters in the history of Chinese art. He is one of the "Four Masters of Ming dynasty” (Ming Si Jia), which also includes Shen Zhou (1427–1509), Wen Zhengming (1470–1559) and Qiu Ying (c. 1495–1552). His influence on the art of contemporaries, like Cai Han, is notable.[7] Tang was also a talented poet, and together with his contemporaries Wen Zhengming, Zhu Yunming (1460–1526), and Xu Zhenqing, he was one of the "Four Literary Masters of the Wuzhong Region".
- ^ Tang Yin's epitaph (唐子畏墓志并铭) by Zhu Yunming indicted that he was born on the 4th day of the 2nd month of the 6th year of the reign of Emperor Chenghua, and that he was named "Yin" as he was born in a geng'yin year. (子畏母丘氏以成化六年二月初四日生子畏，岁舍庚寅，名之曰寅...) Tang Ziwei Muzhi Bingming
- ^ Tang Yin's epitaph by Zhu Yunming indicted that he died at the age of 54 (by East Asian reckoning) on the 2nd day of the 12th month of the guiwei year during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. (卒嘉靖癸未十二月二日，得年五十四。) Tang Ziwei Muzhi Bingming
- ^ not to be confused with the elder brother of Song-dynasty scholar Tang Geng (唐庚), who changed his given name to "Bohu", but his courtesy name was "Zhangru" (长孺) ([唐]庚兄弟五人，长兄瞻，字望之，后改名伯虎，字长孺。) Song Shi, vol.443
- ^ Tang Yin's epitaph, written by Zhu Yunming, addressed him by this courtesy name.
- ^ "Tang Yin - China culture". Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ Anne De Coursey Clapp (November 1991). "The Painting of T'ang Yin" (1st ed.). University Of Chicago Press: 114 & 127–162. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 9, 2009. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
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