Chen Daofu’s grandfather, Chen Juan (1440-1506), once served as the left deputy censor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate. He had a close relationship with celebrities in the same county, such as Wang Hao, Wu Kuan and Shen Zhou, and was quite popular. Many calligraphy and painting collections. His father, Chen Yao (1464-1516), was the second son of Chen Juan and had a close personal relationship with Wen Zhengming. Daofu "was loved by his father and ancestors. At that time, Taishi Hengshan Literary High School had high hopes. He sent him to travel, polished and polished, and his utensil industry was improving day by day... He was called a disciple."
Chen Daofu had extraordinary talents at a young age. , all classics, ancient Chinese prose, poetry, and calligraphy are studied and mastered. He is also very talented in painting and his brush strokes are extraordinary. Whenever Wen Zhengming talked about him, he always said with a smile: "I am a master in the industry. Qu's calligraphy and painting have their own methods. He is not my disciple." In fact, it was from Wen Zhengming that he learned literati painting. Basic elements: pen and ink, artistic conception, tradition. However, Wen Zhengming's flower and bird paintings focused on orchids and bamboos. Therefore, if we want to trace the origin of Chen's freehand flowers, we must cite Shen Zhou, the founder of the "Wumen School". Shen Zhou's flower and bird paintings were very innovative in the early Ming Dynasty. He pioneered the use of "freehand brushwork" - the method of writing the general idea to sketch flowers and birds from life. Compared with the realism of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, it is simple and unpretentious, but yet intriguing. On this basis, Chen Daofu came up with his own ideas and integrated the cursive brushwork into freehand flower paintings, creating a new style of freehand flower paintings. Together with Xu Wei, who was slightly later than him, he was also known as "Ivy White Sun".
Zi Chen Gui, whose courtesy name is Zizheng and whose nickname is Tuojiang, has a paternal style in painting flowers. Also named after the good flower. He is the author of "Baiyang Collection".