Zheng Banqiao only painted orchids, bamboos and stones in his life, which is known as "orchids that never fade in four seasons, bamboos that never fall for a hundred days, and invincible stones that never change". His poems, paintings and calligraphy, known as the "three wonders" in the world, are more representative literati painters in the Qing Dynasty. Representative works include Zhuxiu Novelty, Guangqing Liu Zhao, Zhu Lan Fang Xin, Gangu Juquan, Cong Lan Ci, and Zheng Banqiao Collection.
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Be famous for being strange
Zheng Banqiao's "strangeness" is rather like a living Buddha. There are always sincere, humorous and sour things in Strange. Whenever he sees corrupt officials and traitors parading in the street, he draws a piece of Meilan bamboo stone and hangs it on the prisoner as a screen to attract the audience and awaken the people. ?
2. Have a bad reputation
Zheng Banqiao returned to Yangzhou to sell calligraphy and painting, and his social status was very different from before. He has a large number of people asking for help, and his income is considerable. But he hates those upstarts who are attached to elegance, just like some fat salt merchants in Yangzhou, who don't care about high prices. Write immediately if you are happy, and curse if you are unhappy. His eccentric temper is difficult for ordinary people to understand. Once when painting for a friend, he specially wrote an inscription and made a frank confession:
"Drawing all day, without rest, will call names. I haven't written for three days, and it's also my shame to think of a piece of paper to relieve boredom. If you ask me to draw, if you don't draw, if you don't ask me to draw, it is painting, which is extremely inseparable. I understand the people here, but listen with a smile. "
3. Personal examples
Zheng Banqiao sells paintings. Unlike traditional literati painters, she still hides half her face behind the guitar from us. Now that we have entered the market, we should be generous. He formulated Banqiao Runge, becoming the first painter in China to sell his paintings at a clear price. "Big 6 Liang, medium 4 Liang, small 2 Liang, banner couplet 1 Liang, fans fight 5 yuan. It is better to send gifts and food than to send money; It's not necessarily what my brother likes from the government. Bring inner joy to cash, calligraphy and painting are good.
Gifts are tangled and credit is particularly bad. Old and tired, I can't tell you useless words. "At the end, there is a poem attached:" Draw bamboo and buy more bamboo money. The paper is six feet high and costs three thousand yuan. Ren Qu talks about the handover of the old theory, only when the autumn wind passes by. "It is vulgar, but out of the Banqiao, it turns out that its vulgarity is particularly lovely, precisely because of his sincerity.
4. Delicious dog meat
Banqiao decided to embellish it, stipulating that anyone who wants him to paint and write must pay a deposit first, which is quite interesting. At that time, many rich and powerful gentry decorated halls and were often proud of getting Banqiao paintings and calligraphy. However, Banqiao did not crave fame and wealth, and was not afraid of power. He was the last person in his life to paint for those bureaucratic evil gentry, so it was inconvenient to declare in his old man's favor. Once, a group of gentry used tricks and set a trap to get their paintings and calligraphy.
They learned that Banqiao loved dog meat, and on the way he and his friends went out to make friends, they borrowed the villagers' hut and cooked a pot of delicious dog meat until Banqiao passed by. The host "smiled and treated each other with dog meat and wine." Banqiao had no doubts, drank heartily, and even praised wine and food. After dinner, the host set out Four Treasures of the Study and asked the adults to leave a couplet as a souvenir.
Banqiao deeply felt that he had a delicious meal today, and immediately agreed, got up and wrote, and asked the owner's name to pay the money in return for his kindness. Read this book and enjoy it. Later, at a banquet, he accidentally found his calligraphy and painting hanging there, only to know that he had been cheated, and he regretted it very much and was insatiable.
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