Jin Nong (1687-1763) was a calligrapher and painter of the Qing Dynasty and the first of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. The names were Shoumen, Sinong, Jijin, Mr. Dongxin, Jiliu Shanmin, Qujiang Waishi, Xiye Jushi, etc. He was a native of Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), and lived in commoner life. He was fond of traveling, but he returned home without encountering anything. Later he lived in Yangzhou and sold calligraphy and paintings to support himself. He is fond of novels and loves to learn, and specializes in poetry and calligraphy. His poetry and prose are ancient and unique, and he is good at identifying them. Calligraphy created a flat-stroke calligraphy style with both regular script and official script, which was called "lacquer calligraphy" at the time. He didn't start painting until he was fifty-three years old. The shapes of his paintings are strange and ancient. He is good at using light ink and dry brush to make flower sketches, and is especially good at painting plum blossoms.
Jinnong, also known as Shoumen, Sinong, Jijin, also known as Dongxin, Jiliu Shanmin, Qujiang Waishi, Xiye Jushi, etc. There are many nicknames, including: Jinniu, Laoding, Guquan, Zhuquan, Jimei Zhu, Lotus Body Layman, Longsuo Xianke, Shaochun Weng, Shou Taoist, Jinjijin, Suvaruoji Suvaruo ("Buddhist classics" "Suvaruo" is the Chinese character for "gold", Suvaruoji (Suvaruo is Jin Jijin), Xin Erliu Lang, the Flower Sweeper in the Immortal Altar, the Meeting Elder on Jinniu Lake, the Hundred and Er Inkstone Rich Man, etc.
Born in the 26th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty (1686) and died in the 28th year of Qianlong's reign (1763), he was a native of Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). According to Jin Nong's self-report: "The family has several ridges of fields and several houses. It is on the Qiantang River, with a library in the middle, facing the river and mountains at the back, and beyond the river there are endless mountains." Jinnong was intelligent and intelligent. He studied in the scholar He Zhuo's family in his early years. He was a neighbor of Ding Jing, one of the "Eight Masters of Xiling". At the same time, he also interacted with Wu Xilin, known as the "Three Scholars in Western Zhejiang", which further enhanced Jinnong's erudition and versatility. . In the first year of Qianlong's reign (1736), he was recommended by Qiu Siqin to be admitted to the Erxue Hongci Department. He failed to pass the entrance examination and was depressed, so he traveled around Qi, Lu, Yan and Zhao, and visited Qin, Jin, Wu and Guangdong, but finally found nothing. . At the age of fifty, he began to study painting. Due to his profound knowledge, numerous famous works, and profound calligraphy skills, he eventually became a famous artist. In his later years, he lived in Yangzhou and sold calligraphy and paintings to support himself. He was the first of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. His wife died without any children, so she never returned.
Most of Jinnong’s life was spent in ups and downs. Sometimes, “a thousand pieces of gold are gained at the age of one, but they are easily scattered away.” In times of hardship, he had to rely on selling antiques, copying Buddhist scriptures, and even carving inkstones to increase his income. He also asked Yuan Mei to write lanterns. Most of them look at it with weird eyes. However, when you meet gay people, you are not uneasy and comfortable." He died at the age of seventy-seven and his first work was seventy-eight.
Jin Nong was erudite, fond of the curious and ancient, and collected thousands of volumes of inscriptions and inscriptions. He is good at seal carving and appreciation, and is good at painting bamboos, plums, pommel horses, Buddha statues, figures, and landscapes. Especially fine plum blossoms. The plum blossoms created have many branches and flowers, full of vitality, elegant and simple. Representative works include: "Eastern Calyx Blowing Flowers", "Empty Defense as Sprinkling", "Winter plum blossoms in bloom", "Jade Butterfly Clear Mark", "Tiexuan Sparse Flowers", "Bodhisattva's Wonderful Looks", "Qiong" "Postures to Appreciate Pictures" and so on.