Wen Zhengming | |||||||||||||
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| Born | 28 November 1470 | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1559 (aged 88–89)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Education | Shen Zhou | ||||||||||||
| Known for | painting, calligraphy | ||||||||||||
| Movement | Wu School | ||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 文徵明 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 文征明[2] | ||||||||||||
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| Wen Bi | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 文壁 | ||||||||||||
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Wen Zhengming (28 November 1470[3] – 28 March 1559[4]), born Wen Bi, was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty. He was regarded as one of the Four Masters of Ming painting.[5]
- ^ Chang & Owen 2010, p. 61.
- ^ 文徵明 is also used in some Simplified Chinese text in order to avoid confusing 征 and 徵. (See Ambiguities in Chinese character simplification.)
- ^ Wen Zhengming's epitaph (将仕郎翰林院待诏衡山文征仲先生墓志铭) by Huang Zuo (黄佐) indicate that he was born on the 6th day of the 11th month of the geng'yin year during the reign of the Chenghua Emperor. (...与公同生于成化庚寅十一月，夫人初一日，而公则初六也。)
- ^ Wen Zhengming's epitaph by Huang Zuo indicate that he died on the 20th day of the 2nd month of the ji'wei year during the reign of the Jiajing Emperor. (嘉靖己未二月二十日，与严侍御杰书其母墓志，执笔而逝...)
- ^ Chang & Owen 2010, p. 39.