The story of Zheng Banqiao.
This is a famous saying of Zheng Banqiao and a famous calligraphy work of Mr. Zheng Banqiao. The full text is: those who are full lose the opportunity, and those who lose gain gradually. It's good for him to hurt himself. I can't be human outside, but I can get inner peace inside, and I will be safe after peace. Happiness is everything. The meaning of this sentence is that a person should have a normal heart, if he knows how to give and doesn't care about himself? Lose money? Then you will have a rich life. This is a kind of philosophical thought, which is the same as good fortune and bad fortune.
Said Zheng Banqiao has a relative who has been doing business in Hongjiang. On one occasion, he transported a large ship of timber from the waterway to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to sell it. The voyage was not smooth and he ran aground halfway. If he can't arrive on time, he will lose money.
Just when the men were very anxious, the flood season came. They sped up and arrived on time. When they arrived, they found that everyone else had sold out. At this time, there is a need for construction in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and a lot of wood is needed. Not only did they not lose money, but they also sold it quickly and finally made a lot of money.
This relative of Zheng Banqiao told Zheng Banqiao about it, and Zheng Banqiao was very moved after hearing it, so he wrote this famous saying at that time. This became the origin of this famous saying.
Whether the story of Zheng Banqiao's fall is true or not, this sentence is very famous, and now many people still think it is a classic. This dialectical way of looking at problems has also left us with profound thoughts, and also made this classic calligraphy of Zheng Banqiao, left us with precious calligraphy, and also gave us profound enlightenment.
What about the bamboo painted by Zheng Banqiao?
Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum have always been the favorites of China painters. Because it represents different styles, it is called the Four Gentlemen of Chinese Painting. Among them, bamboo is liked by many people, but few people can do it well, and bamboo in Zheng Banqiao also makes up for this gap.
Bamboo is a very common plant, which is welcomed by scholars because it symbolizes integrity, and integrity of bamboo is noble! This is the most suitable for China literati, a spiritual symbol and a spiritual support for literati.
Bamboo is an alternative in Zheng Banqiao, and Zheng Banqiao's love for bamboo has reached a state. Zheng Banqiao has always had a soft spot for bamboo. A painting lasts forty years. Zheng Banqiao also wrote a poem:? Drawing bamboo branches for 40 years, thinking day and night, reinventing the wheel, lost weight. Did I paint mature when I was alive? .
While painting bamboo, Zheng Banqiao also put forward his own views on painting bamboo. He thinks there should be three realms in painting bamboo? Bamboo in the eye? 、? Bamboo in hand? 、? What do you think? . Zheng Banqiao paints bamboo differently from others. He usually does not pay attention to writing about gods, but often pays attention to sketching. He thinks that if you want to draw bamboo well, as long as you can draw raw bamboo, the bamboo god will naturally come out.
What about the orchids painted by Zheng Banqiao?
He served as a county magistrate in two places successively, but because of his unconventional character, he was incompatible with officialdom and could not adapt to the darkness of officialdom, and was later removed from office and returned to China. Since then, he has been selling paintings for a living.
Zheng Banqiao is very good at painting. He likes drawing orchids. He is obsessed with orchids. He compared orchids to gentlemen, thinking that orchids have beautiful qualities of muddy but not dirty, clear but not demon. In his life's works, most of them are lazy, orchids and bamboo, and only a few of them are other species, from which we can see his persistence and love for orchids.
Because Zheng Banqiao loves orchids, in order to better understand the habits of orchids, he also consulted various books about orchids, consulted experienced orchid growers from time to time, and planted several orchids where he lived. Zheng Banqiao has been dealing with orchids for a long time and has accumulated a lot of experience and knowledge about orchid cultivation.
Zheng Banqiao likes orchids, and he has rich experience. Moreover, because he often writes poems about orchids and introduces his own experiences, life habits and characters of orchids, people in later generations have more materials to follow when studying orchids. Through scientific research, many cultivation techniques of orchids in Zheng Banqiao are very modern, which has greatly promoted the development of orchid culture in later generations.