Xu Zhenqing, Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming are known together as the Four Great Talents of Jiangnan.
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He was the youngest of the four, and the one known mainly for poetry rather than painting or calligraphy. After passing the palace examination in 1505 he joined 李梦阳 in Beijing and is counted among the 前七子, the Former Seven Masters, who wanted poetry to return to the models of the High Tang.
