Zhou wenbin, one of the four gifted scholars in Jiangnan. But there is no record of zhou wenbin in the history books.
At present, there are many movies and TV plays about the four great talents in the late Ming Dynasty, all of which tell the stories of four Suzhou literati: Tang Bohu, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Zhiming and zhou wenbin. But what are the real four gifted scholars in history? Facts have proved that there is no zhou wenbin in history.
Tang, Zhu, Wen and Zhou did exist in history, and they were invented by later scholars. The "Four Scholars of Wu Zhong" in history refers to Tang, Zhu, Wen and Xu, that is, writers of the Ming Dynasty, who are tied with others as "the first seven scholars". Their poetic style is clear, but they are not familiar with calligraphy and painting, and their personalities are different from those of the other three. Probably for this reason, later the literati invented a beautiful zhou wenbin to make up the numbers.