Bamboo and Stone
(Qing Dynasty) Zheng Xie
He insists on not letting go of the green mountains,
The roots are still in the broken rocks.
Stand strong despite countless blows,
No matter how strong the wind is from east to west, north or south.
[Edit this paragraph] Author background
Zheng Xie (1693-1765), courtesy name Kerou, also known as Banqiao and Banqiao Taoist. A native of Xinghua, Jiangsu. Born in the 32nd year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty. His father, Zheng Li'an, was a private teacher in the county and taught hundreds of students. Zheng Xie has been studying with his father since he was a child. He loves to read history books and poetry collections. He is erudite and has a strong memorization ability. He can recite all the books he reads. When he was young, he studied in Maojiawan, Zhenzhou. The scholars of Kangxi and Yongzheng went to Nanjing to pass the provincial examination in the year of Renzi (1732). In 1736, Bingchen, the first year of Qianlong's reign, went to Beijing to take the examination for the Ministry of Rites and passed the Jinshi examination. In 1742, the seventh year of Qianlong's reign, he was appointed magistrate of Fan County, Shandong Province. In 1746, the eleventh year of Qianlong's reign, he was transferred to the post of magistrate of Weixian County. Zheng Xie was an official and loved the people like his son. When he was the magistrate of Weixian County, it was a time of famine. Regardless of the obstruction of others, he opened a warehouse to loan grain, asked the people to write IOUs, and saved more than 10,000 people. He also carried out extensive construction, built pools, and recruited people. Hungry people work to eat. In autumn that year, the harvest was poor, so Zheng Xie burned the people's IOUs. The people of Weixian County were grateful for his kindness and built a shrine for him. Zheng Xie was very concerned about fairness in civil affairs, and there was not a single unjust case in twelve years. In 1748, the 13th year of Qianlong's reign, Qianlong traveled to Shandong and granted Zheng Xie the title of "History of Calligraphy and Painting". Zheng Xie carved a seal of his own: "History of Calligraphy and Painting of Qianlong's Eastern Feng".
Zheng Xie was an upright official. Later, he resigned from office due to old illness and lived in Yangzhou. He had nothing but a few volumes of books, so he made a living by selling paintings. He is one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" and his poems, calligraphy and paintings are known as the "Three Wonders" by the world. His poets were Tao Yuanming and Lu Fangweng, and their bamboo paintings were like Su Dongpo's. Zheng Xie's calligraphy combines running script and cursive script to form a self-contained body. He calls himself "Six and a Half Calligraphy" and later known as "Banqiao" style.
His works include "Banqiao Poetry Notes", "Banqiao Ci Notes", "Banqiao Family Letters", "Banqiao Paintings", "Mr. Banqiao's Seal" and other self-engraved editions.
Zheng Xie also wrote a poem with ink bamboo pictures to describe the sufferings of the people. The bamboos were thin, crisp and unconventional, which reflected his unique thoughts and ideas. The quality of thinking about the people. The meaning of this bamboo is basically similar to this bamboo.
[Edit this paragraph] Note and explanation
Bamboo stone: Bamboo rooted in the cracks of rocks. The poet is a famous painter, and his paintings of bamboo are particularly famous. This is a poem he inscribed on a bamboo and stone painting.
Establish roots: take root, take root.
Original: originally, originally.
Broken rock: cracked rock.
Grinding: torture, frustration.
Strike: strike.
Jianjin: tenacity and strength.
Ren: Let it go.
Er: You.
Firm: It is a metaphor for taking root firmly, as if you are biting and not letting go.
[Edit this paragraph] Rhyming Translation
If you bite the green mountain, you will never let it go.
The roots have already penetrated deeply into the rock.
After thousands of times of tempering, I have become more tenacious,
No matter how strong the wind comes from the east, west, north and south.
[Edit this paragraph] Appreciation of Famous Sentences
This poem focuses on expressing the tenacious and persistent quality of bamboo. It is not only a painting poem that praises rock bamboo, but also a poem about objects. The word "Jie Ding" is used at the beginning to personify rock bamboo and convey its charm; the last two sentences further describe the character of rock bamboo, which has passed through countless times. After many hardships, he has developed a particularly tall and graceful body, which is not afraid of the strong winds coming from the east, west, north and south. Zheng Xie not only sang beautiful poems about bamboo, but also painted bamboos that were lifelike. In his words, he "painted bamboos to comfort the working people in the world." Therefore, this poem is written about bamboo on the surface, but it is actually about people. It is about the author's own upright and stubborn character, and his arrogant character that will never bow to any evil forces. At the same time, this poem can also give us the touch of life. In the tortuous and harsh environment, we can overcome difficulties and face reality, being as strong and brave as rock bamboo.
2 Zhu Shi, whose real name is Chen Dezhong, was born in 1943, and his pen name is Zhu Shi and Jiayang Sheng. A native of Leshan, Sichuan. In 1983, he was admitted to the Theater Department of Shanghai Theater Academy for one year of further study. Second level screenwriter.
Member of Sichuan Provincial Writers Association, Sichuan Provincial Dramatists Association, Sichuan Provincial Television Artists Association, Secretary-General of Sichuan Emei Drama Creation Association, Director of Sichuan Provincial Sichuan Opera Theory Research Association, Member of the Standing Committee of Leshan City Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of Leshan City Film and Television Artists Association . Mainly engaged in television, drama and literary creation. Among them, the TV scenic film "Moshui Nostalgia" won the second prize for outstanding literary and artistic works in Sichuan Province in 1981; the TV series "Spring River Returns" won the third prize of the first Southwest Excellent TV Single Drama in 1987; the TV film "Thunder and Lightning Poetry Soul Fire" "Phoenix" won the third prize in the 1992 National Outstanding Television Social Education Program Character Award from the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television and the China Radio and Television Society. Many of his prose works have been included in the prose and essay volumes of the "Sichuan Writers Association Literary Academy Series". The entries were included in the "List of Sichuan Dramatists".
[Edit this paragraph] Explanation
This is a painting poem with profound meaning. The first two sentences say that bamboo takes root in broken rocks and has a solid foundation. The second sentence says that no matter how strong the wind blows from all directions, and how much torture and blow the bamboo and stone receive, they remain firm and strong. In praising the firm and tenacious spirit of bamboo and stone, the author implies the strength of his own character. "Standing strong despite being attacked by the enemy, no matter how wind blows from east to west, north or south" is often used to describe the revolutionaries' firm stance in the struggle and their character that will never waver when attacked by the enemy.
[About the author]
Zheng Xie (pronounced Xie) (1693-1765), courtesy name Kerou, alias Banqiao, was born in Xinghua (now Xinghua County, Jiangsu Province). A famous calligrapher and painter in the Qing Dynasty.
Meaning
Bamboo clings firmly to the green hills and digs its roots deep into the cracked rocks. It has withstood thousands of hardships and blows, but it is still strong and strong. No matter whether it is the east wind, west wind, south wind or north wind, it cannot blow it down or make it succumb.