文徵明

Wén Zhēngmíng

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 3

文徵明是明代苏州的画家。

Wén Zhēngmíng shì Míngdài Sūzhōu de huàjiā.

Wen Zhengming was a Ming-dynasty painter from Suzhou.

HSK 7-9

文徵明到了八十多岁，还能写很小的楷书。

Wén Zhēngmíng dào le bāshí duō suì, hái néng xiě hěn xiǎo de kǎishū.

Even in his eighties, Wen Zhengming could still write tiny regular script.

culture

With 唐寅, 祝允明 and 徐祯卿 he was one of the 江南四大才子, and with 沈周, 唐寅 and 仇英 one of the Four Masters of Ming painting.

usage

His personal name was 壁; 徵明 was his courtesy name, and he went by it. The name keeps 徵 even in simplified text, though 文征明 is also seen.

文 wén

徵 zhǐ

明 míng