When it comes to the four talents of the Ming Dynasty, we can see it in many movies and television. For example , Zhou Xingchi 's Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang ) is a reference to Zhu Yunming, Tang Yin, Wen Zhengming, and Xu Zhenqing living in the Wuzhong region in the middle of the ye. The strongest of the four talents was Tang Yin, that is, Tang Bohu. However, Tang Bohu was born relatively low, and his status was not high compared with the other three talents. So today we will take a look at how the low-level Tang Bohu became the head of the four great talents.
First of all, look at Tang Bohu's specific origins. Tang Guangde, Tang Bohu's father, was the owner of a small restaurant and opened a small restaurant. Nowadays, the hotel owner seems to be a businessman, and his status will not be reduced. But at that time, the society was divided like a peasant, agro-industrialist, and merchants had the lowest status. However, although Tang Guangde was a businessman, he liked to interact with literati and was more familiar with Wen Zhengming's father, Wen Lin. Wen Lin saw that Tang Yin was smarter and loved to read more. Moreover, he was as old as his son, so he asked him to study with his son Wen Zhengming. So Tang Bohu embarked on the road of reading. In addition, look at the other two talents, Zhu Yunming is an official eunuch, Xu Zhenqing is a scholarly family, it can be said that compared with Tang Bohu, the origin is higher. But it is precisely because of his origin that he has become the first of the four talents.
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, we know that the commercial economy is developed, but the status of merchants is low and they cannot enter the career path, so these people are very unhappy. However, Tang Bohu came from a merchant family and had a talent to learn, but he could not reuse it, which is also a portrayal of these businessmen. Therefore, this is also an important reason for the recognition of Tang Bohu in the late Ming Dynasty.
Tang Bohu was slightly better in other aspects except for his low birth. Zhu Yunming, one of the four talents, can write poetry and calligraphy, especially his wild grass, which is highly praised by the world, and spread "Tang Bohu painting, Zhu Zhishan character". Wen Zhengming's attainment of calligraphy and painting is extremely comprehensive, and his poetry, writing, books, and paintings are all exquisite, which is called the completeness of the "four absolutes". The most important of course is his paintings. Xu Zhenqing's poems are well written and are the best songs of the time. It is said that all three talents have their own expertise. In contrast, Tang Bohu can be described as talented, proficient in calligraphy, poetry, and painting, and is their representative.
Of course, the all-rounder could not make him the first of the four talents, and there was Tang Bohu's bumpy experience. Suzhou Prefecture began the first exam when Tang Bohu was sixteen years old, and it is reasonable to say that the future is bright. In the eleventh year of Hongzhi, he won the first place in the Tianfu Township Examination. However, in the twelfth year of Hongzhi, he was involved in the Xu Jingke field fraud case, sat in prison, and was demoted to a minor official of Zhejiang Province. In ancient times, officials were very different from officials, which showed that officials could not be officials. King Ning was also implicated during the rebellion, and could not be reused in the future. Therefore, the second half of his life indulged in the landscape and water. It's all tough, but it's also his capital to become the first of the four talents. If it were not for this, his future paintings and poems would not have been able to do so. And our ancient country really liked these frustrated literati.
Generally speaking, he can be said to be the first of the four talents, and the businessman, all-rounder, and career frustration are all important capitals.