Zhu Da (1626—— about 1705), a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi, was a painter and master of Chinese painting in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. One of the "four monks" in the early Qing Dynasty. Zhu Quan IX, the grandson of the king of Ning Ming, died in the Ming Dynasty and became a monk. His dharma name was buddhist nun. Zhu Da is the ninth grandson of Zhu Quan, the seventeenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. After his death, he became a monk, converted to Taoism, and lived in Taoist Temple in Qingyunpu Scenic Resort Scenic Area. Good at calligraphy and painting, Huang Tingjian used calligraphy in his early years.
Flowers and birds are mainly freehand brushwork in ink and wash, with exaggerated and peculiar images, concise and heavy brushwork and magnificent and meaningful style; Dong Qichang, a landscape teacher, is concise in writing, quiet and interesting. Good at calligraphy, poetry and little ink.