董其昌,字玄宰,号思白,思翁,祖籍河南后迁移至上海华亭,其祖上世代为官,至其父而中落。其父董汉儒为秀才而屡试不中,董其昌出生在嘉靖三十四年,许因其父的“志未能酬”而将更多的希望寄予到董其昌身上,因而即便家境窘迫,董汉儒也让董其昌自小也受到良好的教育。董其昌是好学的,从仕成为他早年读书的终极目标。董其昌十七岁时开始参加会试本应该获得第一的他却因为书法的粗拙而被置于第二,这件事对董其昌的打击之大,至此之 Dong Qichang, word Xuanzai, No. think white, thinking Weng, ancestral home in Henan after the transfer to Shanghai Huating, his ancestors as an official from generation to generation, and his father in the fall. His father, Dong Han-ru, was repeatedly tried out as a scholar. Dong Qichang was born in Jiajing for 34 years and promised to send more hope to Dong Qichang because of his father’s " Also let Dong Qichang childhood also received good education. Dong Qichang is studious and has become the ultimate goal of his early years of study. At the age of 17, Tung Chee-chang, who was supposed to take the first place at the beginning of the trial, was placed second because of the calligraphic clumsiness, and this incident hit Dong Qichang so much.