Wen Zhengming

Wen Zhengming
Born28 November 1470
Died1559 (aged 8889)
EducationShen Zhou
Known forpainting, calligraphy
MovementWu School
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese文徵明
Simplified Chinese文征明
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWén Zhēngmíng
Wade–GilesWen Cheng-ming
Yue: Cantonese
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Wen Bi
Chinese文壁
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWén bì
Yue: Cantonese
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Wen Zhengming (28 November 1470 – 28 March 1559), 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.