Wumen Talent

Author: Wu Lin
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: The term "Wumen Zisi" refers to the calligraphers, painters, and literati who lived in the Suzhou area during the Ming Dynasty, represented by figures such as Tang Yin, Zhu Yunming, and Wen Wei Ming. Folklore abounds with legends, stories, and anecdotes about them, gradually giving rise to the notion of the "Four Talents of Wumen." One of these scholars, Zhou Wenbin, is a fictional character. Occasionally, Shen Zhou, Tang Yin's teacher, is also included in the group. This book focuses on the Wumen talents, with main content including legends of Tang Bohu, Watching the Moon, The Painter's Lake, Learning Painting from a Master, Autumn Fragrance's Enchanted Ink Brush, Three Visits to Jiaoshan, Mocking Wen Wei Ming, Painting Tigers, Tang Bohu Paints Autumn Fragrance, The Magic Brush Tricks the Rich, The Nine Beauties, Burning Paintings, The Divine Painting Tricks the Groom, Parting from Shen Zhou, The Four Scholars' Poetic Gathering, The Village Maiden's Riddle, Tang Yin Not Seen Face-to-Face, The Bracelet Turning into a Handcuff, Gifting Poetry at the Golden Mountain Temple, Three Points of Autumn Fragrance, Poetic Exchange with the Younger Sister-in-Law, The Ferryman's Unfairness, Zhu Ji Shans, Posting Signs in All Directions, Outwitting Jin Pianzi, and Spring Couplets' Broken Verses, among others.