Zhang Ruitu (1570 ~ 164 1) was born in Jinjiang (now Quanzhou), Fujian Province, where he built the Bai Hao Temple in his later years. In the thirty-first year of Wanli (1603), Juren was a scholar in the thirty-fifth year, and was awarded editing by the Hanlin Academy. In the second year of the Apocalypse (1622), it was promoted to Zhan Shifu. In five years, he was transferred to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of rites and served as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. In six years, he was promoted to be the minister of rites and participated in the center. He has served as a Prince Taibao, an official of the Ministry of Housing, a university student of Wuying Hall, a university student of the Prince Taishi Zhongji Hall, and a left-handed official. The first year of Chongzhen (1628). Two years later, he moved into the "conviction" to atone for the people. After returning to my hometown, I will study meditation for peace of mind, send love poems and calligraphy, and travel for the rest of my life.

Zhang Ruitu was attached to Wei Zhongxian and built a monument for him, so he was despised by the world for a long time.

Zhang Ruitu is good at poetry and painting. The landscape literati is yellow, vigorous and easy to dye; He is also good at painting Buddha statues. In particular, he is famous for his calligraphy, and he is also known as the "Four Masters of Late Ming Dynasty" with Dong Qichang, Xing Dong and Mi.

Among the "four masters in the late Ming Dynasty", Xing Dong studied under two kings, which can be said to be without losing meaning and style; Dong Qichang is a master of calligraphy all the way to the iron blood; Miwanzhong inherited Mifei's family tradition. Therefore, the calligraphy of the three of them comes from the characteristics of the two kings system, which makes people clear at a glance.