Xu Wei (1521-1593), from Shanyin (present day Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province), was also known by the aliases Wenqing, Wenchang, the Daoist Monk, and Tianchi Shanren. A painter, calligrapher, dramatist, and man of letters of the Ming Dynasty, he was excellent at running script, ink paintings of flowers and bamboo, fish and other aquatic creatures, landscapes, and human figures. There is great liberty and ingenuity in his strokes. He and Chen Daofu were known together as Qingteng and Baiyang.