Is there any evidence to prove that Tang Bohu painted White Tiger in Frost Forest?

In the 11th year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty, Tang Bohu, a gifted scholar, went to Yingtianfu in Nanjing to take the provincial examination, ranking first in high school and winning the reputation of Tang Jieyuan. However, when he went to Beijing to take the exam, he was accidentally involved in a fraud case in the examination room and was jailed. When I finally got out of prison, faced with my wife's supercilious look and hopeless career, I went out of my own way and sent my love into calligraphy and painting. But most of Tang Bohu's paintings handed down from generation to generation are pictures of ladies, so Tang Bohu's paintings never draw tigers.

1. Tang Bohu, who has a wide range of knowledge, has the opportunity to paint tigers whether he is a teenager or wandering the rivers and lakes.

Tang Bohu is a gifted boy. When he was young, he met many famous people in Suzhou. At the age of fourteen, I got to know Zhu Yunming's word Xizhe, who is eleven years older than him. He is "good at drinking good wine and not practicing". He has branches and fingers, so he calls himself Shan Zhi. This famous romantic leader is famous for his debauchery, gambling, drinking, lewdness, writing and calligraphy. He admired the clever Tang Bohu very much and tried his best to give him guidance in his studies, but what had a greater influence on Tang Yin was his debauchery and romantic behavior.

It can be said that Zhu Zhishan is more like a catalyst for Tang Yin's bohemian character. He unconsciously assumed Tang Yin's romantic and dissolute enlightenment teacher, and Tang Yin's unruly and self-satisfied personality also laid the groundwork for his future life tragedy. Judging from Tang Bohu's life experience and personality, he dabbled in a wide range, so the range of paintings he chose must be very wide. Tiger, as an important animal in his name, is likely to enter his description field of vision.

2. Tang Bohu, who suffered a series of blows, proved his destiny and the meaning of "White Tiger Star King" in unison, so he became the Tang White Tiger, which provided a spiritual picture for his tiger painting.

Tang Bohu, who was full of ambition, won the first place in the provincial examination, and his bright future seemed to be in sight, but a cheating case in the imperial examination pushed him into the abyss of life. It's hard to say whether Tang Yin cheated in the exam or was implicated in prison, but judging from the relevant information and the consistent style of Tang Yin's personality, it seems hard to say that he is innocent. There is no doubt that this incident has dealt a great blow to Tang Yan. He won. When he was still dreaming of getting ahead, he suddenly fell into the abyss, lost his reputation and fame, and finally went to prison, ruined and humiliated. Since then, his life has changed.

"White Tiger" has a special meaning in the oriental astrological culture system. It represents the God of the Western Stars-White Tiger Star King in China's ancient four-image system, symbolizing disaster and misfortune. In Tang Bohu's later fate, he suffered a series of blows. His wife left him, his son died and his adopted son died. Life is always unsatisfactory, and the meaning of the white tiger has entered his life.

3. The White Tiger in Frost Forest in Huai 'an Museum is probably made by Tang Bohu.

The White Tiger in Frost Forest in Huai 'an Museum contains many mysteries, such as: First, it depicts the Pingchuan tiger, which is inconsistent with the usual painting picture; Secondly, it depicts the white tiger, which has a bad meaning and does not conform to the aesthetics of the ancients; Thirdly, it depicts a tiger with a broken tail, which seems to contain the fate that Tang Bohu has no children or even no future, and it is extremely tragic in the eyes of the ancients; Fourthly, it depicts the white tiger with sad eyes, which seems to be a portrayal of Tang Bohu's fate and mood in the Peach Blossom Garden.

More importantly, this white tiger in Frost Forest has no money, but only a Tang white tiger seal, and the painting and shape of the stone in Frost Forest White Tiger Map are very consistent with the stone styles in Tang Yin's "Appreciating Chrysanthemum in Dongli", "Appreciating Chrysanthemum in Tao Qian" and "Hiding and Fishing in Xishan".

To sum up, no matter from the name, life experience and fate, or from the point of ownerless heritage, Tang Bohu painted tigers for three reasons:

First, young people in Tang Bohu are very romantic, and their calligraphy and painting are unique. Most of the flowers and birds handed down now are beautiful women, but painters dabble in a wide range and later used them for entertainment, so they have to draw tigers;

Secondly, Tang Bohu is the word of Tang Yin, which was later changed to Wei Zi, and it is also the name of fear as a tiger. It has the seal of the Tang White Tiger, and it is ill-fated to laugh at itself with a white tiger.

Thirdly, the white tiger in Frost Forest of Huai 'an Museum has no money, but it is very consistent with Tang Bohu's painting style in brushwork and conception, and is recognized as a painting of Tang Bohu.