Ming · Calligrapher

Wen Zhengming 文徵明

Attested AD 1500 - AD 1559

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Wen Zhengming was a Calligrapher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1500 to AD 1559 明文徵明
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 16

Places and affiliations

Polity Ming 明 · Relation Associated
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 503, passage 16

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 503Volume 503 Biographies 290: Yi Shu Er · 1 passage

大抵淵源出於明文徵明、董其昌兩家，鴻緒、照為董氏嫡派，焯及澍則於文氏為近。 Their lineages for the most part traced back to the Ming masters Wen Zhengming and Dong Qichang: Hongxu and Zhao were direct heirs of Dong Qichang's tradition, while He Chao and Wang Shu stood closer to Wen Zhengming's.