Zhu Da (1626— about 175) was a painter in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and a master of Chinese painting. The real name is Tui, the word Xuege, and the number is Badashanren, Geshan, Renwu, Daolang, etc. The Han nationality is from Nanchang, Jiangxi. He is the ninth grandson of Zhu Quan, the seventeenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of Ming Dynasty. After the death of Ming Dynasty, he became a monk, converted to Taoism, and lived in Qingyunpu Scenic Resort Daoyuan. Good at painting and calligraphy, flowers and birds are mainly freehand brushwork in ink and wash, the image is exaggerated and strange, the pen and ink are concise and heavy, and the style is magnificent and meaningful; Dong Qichang, a landscape teacher, writes succinctly, with a quiet interest and a sparse rhyme. Good at calligraphy and poetry.
His works often express his feelings by symbolic means, such as painting fish, ducks and birds, all of which look at the sky with their eyes turned white and are full of stubbornness. The characteristics of pen and ink are laissez-faire, vigorous and beautiful, and elegant. No matter whether it is large or short, it has a simple, clear and healthy spirit. The structure of the rules is unconventional, and the integrity is sought in the incompleteness. The surviving works include Shui Mu Tsinghua Map and Lotus Waterbird Map.