1. Tang Yin's life
Born on the fourth day of the second month of the sixth year of the Chenghua reign (1470), Tang Yin was born in Wu Tse-ri, Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture, to his father, Tang Guang-de, and his mother, Qiu. In the 18th year of Chenghua (1482), Tang Yin met Zhu Yunming. In the twentieth year of the Chenghua reign (1484), Tang Yin met Wen Zhengming, who was admired by his father, Wen Lin, the imperial servant. In the 21st year of Chenghua (1485), Tang Yin was awarded the first place in the Suzhou Prefectural School. Tang Yin met his friend Zhang Ling.
In the first year of Hongzhi's reign (1488), Tang Yin married Xu's second daughter, Xu Tingrui. In the seventh year of Hongzhi (1494), Tang Yin's father died, and his mother, wife, son, and sister also passed away within a year or two, so his family gradually declined, and he studied hard to prepare for the imperial examinations under the advice of his friend Zhu Zhishan. In the eighth year of Hongzhi's reign (1495), Tang Yin made an epitaph for Xu Tianxi's wife, Gao.
Hongzhi ten years (1497), Tang Yin to record the examination period and his friend Zhang Ling stayed with prostitutes drinking, debauchery. Fang Zhi, the imperial historian, was very disgusted with this behavior, and Tang Yin failed in the examination. Later, Cao Feng, the governor of Suzhou, and Wen Lin, the father of Wen Zhengming, Shen Zhou, and Wu Kuan, the famous scholar of Suzhou, pleaded for Tang Yin, and Fang Zhi agreed to "make up for the mistakes" by letting him take the countryside examination.
Tang Yin won the first place in Yingtian Prefecture's countryside examination, and in his poem "Thanking the Master after Receiving the Scholarship," he wrote: "The strong heart has not been willing to drive woodcutters and fishermen, and the Qin transport is ready to be swept away. The sword is responsible for a hundred gold square folded read, jade was three deposed suddenly sold all. The red silk dares to look forward to next year's cake, the yellow silk is ashamed of this day's book. The three policy to raise the field is not a ancient gift, how can the heavens be boasted. Tang Yin made "send Wen Wenzhou preface" and "gold powder blessed land fugue".
But Tang Yin was not converted after the examination, and became more and more active in the entertainment scene. His friends had to advise, Zhu Yunming said to Tang Yin: "is a thousand li horse is not to look at the surface, but also to see his quality, a moment of complacency must not be too crazy. Wen Zhengming wrote to Tang Yin: "Tang Yin, my father said you are talented but frivolous, so I am afraid you won't achieve anything.
But Tang Yin did not take his friend's advice to heart, and he wrote back exactly the same "Letter with Wen Zhengming", which means: I was born this way, you see me as bad, then don't make friends with me. The attitude is very arrogant, harsh words, Wen Zhengming's advice is not only ungrateful, but also to break the relationship with Wen Zhengming.
Hongzhi twelve years (1499), Tang Yin and Jiangyin Xu Jing Beijing to participate in the examination, because of the implication of Xu Jing section of the case in prison, and later deposed as a mandarin. Hongzhi thirteen years (1500), Tang Yin was deposed as a minor official in Zhejiang, personal shame resolutely not to take office. Tang Yin returned home after the husband and wife discord, repudiation of his wife. Hongzhi fourteen years (1501), Tang Yin disillusioned traveled to Fujian, Zhejiang, Gan, Hunan and other places.
Hongzhi fifteen years (1502), Tang Yin traveled home after the disease, medical treatment for a long time before seeing good. In the 16th year of Hongzhi (1503), Tang Yin and his younger brother Tang Shen separated. In the 17th year of Hongzhi's reign (1504), Tang Yin made a living by selling literature and paintings, and indulged in drinking and sex for his own amusement. In the 18th year of Hongzhi's reign (1505), Tang Yin sought to build a separate property in Taohua-an, and in the 2nd year of Zhengde's reign (1507), Tang Yin built a separate property in Taohua-an, as well as a pavilion for dreaming and inking.
Tang Yin's nephew, Tang Changmin, died at the age of twelve in June of the third year of Zhengde (1508). In August, he sent off Dai Zhao and made a poem and a drawing of a rainbow. Note: Dai Zhao studied Poetry with Tang Yin in his early years, and then changed to follow Xue Shiqi in the study of Yi, and was appointed as a trainer of Confucianism in Shaoxing Prefecture, Zhejiang Province during the Zhengde period. In the fourth year of Zhengde (1509), when Tang Yin was forty years old, he made a poem and a picture of his own longevity.
Tang Yin wrote a poem to Zhu Tai, a professor of Confucianism in Suzhou. Tang Yin made the Picture of Compassionate Words in a Wild Land and inscribed Chen Ze's painting. In the fifth year of Zhengde (1510), Tang Yin painted the "Treasure Crane" for Zhang Xianyi's grandfather. In the seventh year of Zhengde (1512), Tang Yin painted Daughter's Delightful Ink Peony. In the eighth year of Zhengde (1513), Tang Yin wrote a letter to Wen Zhengming, and the two men put aside their old enmity. Tang Yin painted a picture for He Zi, the then governor of Wu County.
In the ninth year of Zhengde (1514), Tang Yin wrote "The Record of the Iron Pillar of Xu Jingyang" and "The Record of the Lotus Bridge". In the fall of the same year, Tang Yin was hired by King Ning Zhu Chenhao. In the tenth year of Zhengde (1515), in March, Tang Yin pretended to be crazy and was released by King Ning. In the same year, Tang Yin painted "Plum Branch". In the 11th year of Zhengde (1516), Tang Yin wrote "Poem of Gao Mingfu's Visit in Changzhou", sent Xu Chaozui back to his hometown and made "Preface to Jinhua", and wrote epitaphs for Mr. and Mrs. Wu Derun.
In the 12th year of Zhengde (1517), Tang Yin composed a poem for Li Jing, the governor of Wu County. On the day of the hope of the eleventh month, Tang Yin stayed at Guangfu Temple (also known as Guangfu Temple) at night and left a poem. In the thirteenth year of Zhengde (1518), Tang Yin had a dream at night and woke up to write a poem entitled "Memorizing Dreams". Tang Yin and Sun Sihe painted the Scenery of Danyang. Tang Yin wrote an epitaph for his mother-in-law, Wu Ru Ren.
In the 14th year of Zhengde (1519), Wang Griddle, Tang Yin's teacher, was 70 years old. He wrote a poem entitled "Preface to Seventy Years of Longevity" and a poem entitled "Longevity to Wang Shaofu" in seven lines. Tang writes and Shen Zhengde and Gu Huayu in the Zen temple drinking and composing poems, there are "fifty words Huai Poem". Tang Yin paints for Huayun, "The Mountain is Quiet and the Day is Long". In the fifteenth year of Zhengde (1520), Tang Yin had "Falling Flowers". In the 16th year of Zhengde (1521), Tang Yin painted Pine and Cloud Shadows, modeled after Guo Heyang's landscape scrolls.
In the second year of the Jiajing reign (1523), Tang Yin wrote his own Poetry and Han Book. On December 2, Tang Yin died of illness.
2. Introduction of Tang Yin:
Tang Yin (March 6, 1470-January 7, 1524) was born on the fourth day of the second month of the sixth year of the Chenghua era, and died on December 2 of the second year of the Jiajing era. He was a native of Wu County, Suzhou Prefecture, Nanzhiliili Province, and was known as Liuru Jushi, Peach Blossom Nunnery Master, Luguo Tangsheng, and Escape from Zen Immortal Officials. He was a famous painter, calligrapher and poet in the Ming Dynasty.
Tang Yin's ancestor was General Tang Hui of Lingjiang, Jinchang County, Liangzhou, which directly influenced Tang Yin, who often used "Jinchang Tang Yin" in the titles of his paintings and calligraphy. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, his ancestor, Tang Jian, followed Li Yuan and was named "Duke of Ju", so Tang Yin also called himself "Tang Sheng of Lu". In the Ming Dynasty, his ancestor, Tang Tai, was the head of the military department and died in the Battle of Tumu Fortress.
Tang Yin's paintings were based on the works of Li Tang and Liu Songnian, and he combined the northern and southern styles of painting, with fine brushwork and ink, sparse layout, and a graceful, elegant, and handsome style. Figure painting master inherited the tradition of the Tang Dynasty, colorful and elegant, beautiful, accurate modeling; also work in the figure, simple and concise, interesting. His bird and flower paintings are long in ink and watercolor writing, free and elegant. His calligraphy is strange, craggy and handsome, following the example of Zhao Mengfu.
Together with Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming and Qiu Ying, he was known as the "Four Masters of the Wu School", or the "Four Masters of the Ming School". In poetry and literature, with Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming, Xu Zhenqing and known as the "Wuzhong four talents".
Expanded Information:
Introduction of Tang Yin's paintings:
The Sound of Pines on a Mountain Road, Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei;
Farming in the South of the Yangtze River, Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei;
Double Pines Flying into the Waterfalls, Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei;
Belonging Intentions of the Golden Gate of Heaven, Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei;
The Hakkan Bieyin, Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei;
The Hakkan Bieyin, Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei;<
The Hanguan Snow and Clearing, collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei;
The Dongting Huangmaozhu, collection of the Shanghai Museum;
Mengxian Cao Tang, collection of the National Palace Museum, Beijing;
West State Talking of the Past, collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei;
Tongshan Tu, collection of the National Palace Museum, Beijing;
Banji Group Fan Figure
Wang Shu Palace Prostitutes, collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing;
Chang E, collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing;
Li Duan Duan Begging for Poetry, collection of the Nanjing Museum;
Imitation of Tang Dynasty Ladies, collection of the Taipei Palace Museum;
Taogui Gift of Lyrics, collection of the Taipei Palace Museum;
Kuyue Gift of Lyrics, collection of the Taipei Palace Museum;
Kuyue Gift of Lyrics, collection of the Taipei Palace Museum;
Tong Shan, collection of the Taipei Palace Museum;
Banji Group Fan, collection of the Taipei Palace Museum;
Ku Crew Mynah Drawing.
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