Gone With The Odd Mystery Tails Tiger Coincide Tang Yin Bitter Tears

In 1982, archeologists unearthed a number of valuable paintings and calligraphies in the Wangzhen Tomb of Ming Dynasty in Shuzhou District of the city of Huaian, Jiangsu Province of China. Among the ancient art works, a painting The White Tiger in Frosted Forest by the artist Tang Yin drew the specialists' attention. It depicts a white tiger, fleeing from deep mountains, sits on the plain and looks back with gloom and grief. Strangely, the tiger is wounded, with its tail almost cut off. There is a striking coincidence between the fate of the tiger and that of the painter, who is commonly known as style-named "Bohu" or "Ziwei". After his one after another family tragedies, however, Tang Yin changed his style name to "Baihu" — "white tiger". If a person is in the constellation of "white tiger", according to ancient Chinese belief, he is bound to bring about catastrophes to his family members. This article, starting from the style of this painting and the biographical study of Tang Yin, explores the relevance between them. To further detect the cause of the alteration of the artist's style name, I intend to illustrate; The White Tiger in Frosted Forest has a special position in the history of Chinese painting; the confusion between "Bohu" and "Baihu" ought to be cleared out; hence the reinterpretation of Tang Yin is necessary.