What is a talent? Is it a flower bush, or a landscape? Is it poetry, or is it a splash of ink? Is it the dashing and sad Tang Bohu in our hearts, or is there someone else?
Of course, Tang Bohu was a great talent. During the Chenghua and Zhengde years of the Ming Dynasty, Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhengming and Xu Zhenqing in the Wuzhong region were famous for their Nengwen and good calligraphy and painting.
People regard Tang Bohu as "the first talented man in Jiangnan", praising his paintings, praising his calligraphy, and relishing his anecdotes.
However, although such a literati Tang Bohu was talented in literature and art and was highly talented and famous, he did not meet the criteria for being selected as "the three talents of the Ming Dynasty". Only because it can be included in the "talents" of the three talents, it is not a simple literary and artistic talent, but a knowledgeable talent who has learned five cars and is knowledgeable and knowledgeable.
The three talents who represented the profound knowledge, far-reaching influence and outstanding contributions of the Ming Dynasty scholars were Xie Jin, a loyal servant who worked hard for the Ming Dynasty during the years from Hongwu to Yongle, Yang Shen, who had an unsatisfactory career but was extremely determined during the period from Zhengde to Jiajing, and Xu Wei, who had a bumpy fate from Zhengde to Wanli.
Xie Jin, the word gentleman, a word gentleman, the number of spring rain, Xi Yi. The existence of Xie Jin can probably be called the benchmark of the Ming Dynasty. Like many talented people since ancient times, he was born into a family of scholars and had the title of "prodigy" early on. He was born in the second year of Hongwu (1369), and in the twentieth year of Hongwu (1387), he won the position of Xieyuan in the township examination. The following year, he and his eldest brother Xie Lun and brother-in-law Jinhua were named on the gold list together. And this is the beginning of Xie Jin's becoming an important person in the Ming Dynasty.
In the first year of jinshi and the first year, Xie Jin obtained Zhu Yuanzhang's blue eyes by virtue of his talents, and rose all the way from Shu Jishi to Hanlin Bachelor. How much does Zhu Yuanzhang love Xie Jin? He had made it clear to Xie Jin: "The emperor and Eryi, the father and son of Enyou, should know everything. This encouragement undoubtedly gave him the impetus to understand Jin, and then his Ten Thousand Words Book was also published, and the Ten Strategies of Taiping was also dedicated, and his reputation in the DPRK was naturally established.
However, Xie Jin's career is not smooth sailing. It is precisely because Zhu Yuanzhang admires him that he is more strict with him, thinking that he still needs to precipitate more, so he will send Xie Jin home. This period of being "snubbed" lasted for eight years. During these eight years, Xie Jin was unable to participate in official affairs, so he had to proofread the "History of the Yuan" at home, supplement the "Book of Song", and revise the "Book of Rites"...
Unfortunately, Xie Jin had not yet reached the point where Zhu Yuanzhang was satisfied, and old Zhu Zhu passed away unexpectedly. The Ming Hui Emperor Zhu Yunjiao, who immediately ascended the throne, listened to the rumors again, making Xie Jin even more difficult in the political arena. It was not until the fourth year of Jianwen (1402) that Xie Jin returned to the Beijing Division with the help of Dong Lun, a rebbe attendant. At the end of November, Xie Jin sat in the first assistant position of the cabinet, proving to the world that his accumulation in recent years was indeed fruitful.
So how erudite is Xie Jin? After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he became a Hanlin attendant, and then entered the Wenyuan Pavilion. "Taizu Shilu", "Biography of Lienu", and even "Yongle Canon", Xie Jin is the editor-in-chief. In the second year of Yongle (1404), after the formal establishment of the cabinet system, Xie Jin once again sat in the position of the first assistant of the cabinet. Can write about the affairs of the world, but also can manage the affairs of the world, Zun Xiejin is the top three of the Ming Dynasty erudite talents, is nature.
And Yang Shen, when people called it ,'No book without reading''.' Yang Shenzi used Xiu, the first number Yuexi, Sheng'an, also known as YiShishi, Bonanshanren, Dongtianzhenyi, Yunnan Shushi, Golden Horse and Biji Veterans, etc. He was also born in Shuxiang mendi, and was the head of the sixth year of Zhengde (1511), and had a high start. It was only in the third year of Jiajing (1524) that he was demoted to Yunnan because of the "Great Ceremony Discussion".
Yang Shen's distribution was much more serious than the eight years when he was first relieved, and he stayed in the Yunnan area for more than thirty years. For more than thirty years, Yang Shen read all the books he could read, studied all the Confucian views he could study, and wrote about what he wanted to write. About 2300 poems, countless works involving scriptures, history, poetry, literature, songwriting, rhymes, golden stones, calligraphy and painting, astronomy, geography, biology, medicine and other aspects, this is the wealth he left to future generations. ''The head of the three great talents'' can only be worthy of this title if he is erudite like Yang Shen.
And Xu Wei, his identity is also very diverse. He composed poems, calligraphy and painting, operas, and even the battlefield. Xu Wei was a loyal and loyal aide to Hu Zongxian, a Ming Dynasty anti-Wu neng, and attempted suicide several times after Hu Zongxian's arrest.
After experiencing some hardships in his early years, he traveled south to Jinling and north to the valley (in present-day Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province) to see the heavens and the earth and write about life. It is also because of Xu Wei that there is "Splash ink big picture", "painting school" and "Qingteng painting school". It was the multiple identities of writers, calligraphers, opera singers and military experts that finally gave him the glory of "one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty". This is also a little compensation for him, a bumpy life.
Compared with Xie Jin, Yang Shen and Xu Wei, although Tang Bohu is now more famous, in the Ming Dynasty, in terms of social influence and breadth of the fields involved, Tang Bohu is inferior. Therefore, under the ranking of "'Extensive Knowledge'", Tang Bohu ultimately failed to rank among the three talents. Besides, all four of them are worthy of respect, so why do they have to give a high or low?