Wen Peng (文彭 Wén Péng, 1497–1573), also known as
Shou Cheng and
San Qiao, was a maker of personal seals during the
Ming dynasty.
He was born in Shanghai and raised in Suzhou, the son of painter Wen Zhengming. Employed as a lecturer by the Guozijian (in both Beijing and Nanjing), he was widely regarded as the founder of modern seal-carving. Wen founded the Sanqiao (Wumen) School of seal engraving.
Wen worked originally in ivory, creating calligraphic designs that were incised into the material by his colleague Li Wenpu. However, after creating some experimental seals using soapstone, he switched to using stone for his work, and his later career focuses exclusively on this material. Prior to this, seals had been carved from ivory, bronze or pottery. Wen also developed the modern recipe for the red paste (硃砂 zhūshā) used to create the seal's stamp; he recommended a mixture of ground cinnabar, castor oil and moxa. He Zhen, founder of the Huizhou (Xingyuang) school of seal-engraving, was Wen's student.
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文彭（1498年 - 1573年），
明代書畫家、篆刻家。字
壽承，號
三橋，別號
漁陽子、
三橋居士，長洲（今江蘇蘇州）人，祖籍湖南衡陽，是著名書畫家
文徵明的長子。曾任南京國子監博士，人稱
文國博。
Read more...: 藝術成就 篆刻作品舉例
藝術成就
能畫擅書，書法以篆、隸見長。尤精篆刻，風格雅正，質樸渾厚，力師秦漢，使當時印壇面目為之一新。
文彭酷愛印章藝術，原先寫完印稿另外請工匠雕琢，比如藏于上海博物館的其傳世之作「七十二峰深處」是枚象牙章。偶然的機會，他發現了青田石，並用其為印材，從此文人紛紛自篆自刻，完全脫離了與專業刻工的合作，對篆刻藝術的發展起了很大的作用。他是公認的明清文人篆刻流派的開山鼻祖。周亮工《印人傳》：「印之一道，自國博開之，後人奉為金科玉律。」
篆刻作品舉例
File:Wenpengzhiyin.jpeg|文彭之印
File:Wenpeng.jpeg|文彭
File:Sanqiaojushi.jpeg|三橋居士
File:Jiangfengshanyue.gif|江風山月
File:Yushulinfeng.gif|玉樹臨風
File:Qinbayisongwanhe.jpeg|琴罷倚松玩鶴
File:Qinbayisongwanhebk.gif|琴罷倚松玩鶴邊款
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