When did the term "Mei Zhu Lan Ju" come into being?

In the Ming Dynasty, Huang Fengchi's view that he was a "four gentlemen" after "Four Chapters of Meiju" was similar. However, in fact, the formation of the term "Mei Zhu Lan Ju" has evolved and developed over a period of time. I don't know when there will be the saying "Four Gentlemen", which is recorded in this history book. After the following stages:

The first stage: embryonic stage

During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, some painters liked to take bamboo and plum blossom as their painting themes. "Song" was called "Three Friends in Cold Years".

Zhenwu, one of the "Yuan Sijia", besides his three friends, also painted orchids, which is called "Four Friends Picture", which is the embryonic form of "Four Gentlemen". (Remember, this time is "pine bamboo plum blossom", not "plum blossom bamboo chrysanthemum")

The second stage: the initial stage

It is precisely because of the embryonic form of the "Four Gentlemen" that Huang Fengchi drew "Four Classics of Mei Lan and Zhu Ju" during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573- 16 19), and changed "Song" to "Ju". However, it seems that Huang Fengchi did not establish the "Four Gentlemen", but Chen Jiru (the author of Little Window), who also lived in Wanli, called these four kinds of flowers "Four Gentlemen" after his paintings, and later renamed them "Four Gentlemen", thus initially establishing Mei Zhulanju's view.

The third stage: formally established as a model period.

In the Qing Dynasty, Wang outlined the third episode of Biography of Mustard Garden, that is, the trilogy of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. At this point, "Four Gentlemen" became a model of ink painting. Since then, people have generally called "Mei Zhu Lan Ju" the "Four Gentlemen".

The above statement is the exact statement in the history of art, and you can see all kinds of artistic terminology versions, all of which are like this. I'm not talking nonsense. I think there must be a historical basis. Personally, I think these sayings should be some interesting artistic articles written by Ming and Qing literati, but so far I can't know which book they are from.