Tang Yin (1470-1524)

Aliases: Bohu; Ch'an-hsien; Chanxian; Chieh-yüan; Jieyuan; Liu-ju; Liuru; Po-hu; Yin Tang; Tang Yin; T'ang Yin; T'ao-hua-an; Tzu-wei; Ziwei

Professions: Painter

TANG YIN (1470-1523)
Lofty scholar of Chong Shan
TANG YIN (1470-1523)
TANG YIN (1470-1523)

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Tang Yin Biography

(b Suzhou, 6 April 1470; d Suzhou, 7 Jan 1524). Chinese painter, poet and calligrapher. He was born into the merchant class of Suzhou, where his father was a restaurateur, and although lacking social standing, he received an excellent education. He was a brilliant student and became the protégé of Wen Lin (1445–99), the father of Wen Zhengming. His friends in SUZHOU’s scholarly circles included Shen Zhou, Wu Kuan (1436–1504) and Zhu Yunming. In 1498 Tang Yin came first in the provincial examinations in Nanjing, the second stage in the civil service examination ladder. The following year he went to Beijing to sit the national examinations, but he and his friend Xu Jing (d 1507) were accused of bribing the servant of one of the chief examiners to give them the examination questions in advance. All parties were jailed, and Tang Yin returned to Suzhou in disgrace, his justifiably high hopes for a distinguished civil service career dashed forever.

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