Author: Zhao Lei (alias Yizhi), a native of Linyi, Shandong, a member of the Calligraphers Association
Zhu Da, also known as Bada Shanren, should belong to Jiangxi according to the current regional classification. Zhu Da has a great background. He is the tenth generation grandson of King Ningxian Zhu Quan, the 16th son of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. He has a serious royal lineage. After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he entered a temple, became a monk, and later practiced Taoism. During this period, he changed numerous names, such as Donkey, Donkey House, Renwu, Dao'an, Xuege, Liangyue, Poyun Qiaozhe... and finally became the Bada Shanren was used.
What is the Eighth Congress? Bada means that I am the greatest in all four directions, emphasizing that I should be present in the painting. This reflects Zhu Da's thoughts and artistic concepts at that time. It can be seen from his font size that Zhu Da's strong self-confidence and indomitable hard work Spirit, determination to move forward.
Zhu Da’s works are copied from Qing Dynasty’s Bada Shanren Linlan Pavilion preface calligraphy hanging scroll rice paper printing has been framed and can be hung directly
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Zhu Da’s father is also good at painting and calligraphy. He was famous in Jiangyou area for a while, but he has one shortcoming: he cannot speak, that is, he is mute. , after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Da's old father also died during this period. Zhu Da's character is relatively withdrawn, but he is very smart and talented. He can compose poems when he is eight years old. When he is a teenager, he can write beautiful regular calligraphy and engraving. What he is best at is painting. Chinese painting, a real young genius.
Zhu Da liked to talk when he was young. Once he started a certain topic, he would talk eloquently. His diction was excellent and he often impressed everyone. When the Ming Dynasty fell, Zhu Da was just nineteen years old. As a descendant of the Ming Dynasty royal family, Zhu Da obeyed his father's wishes and became a monk in the mountains, named Snow. Not long after, Zhu Da felt a little depressed. He became normal, but became a little crazy, crying and laughing all the time.
After living in the mountains for more than ten years, his first wife and children also disappeared during this period. However, after experiencing so many blows, Zhu Da did not lose confidence. He also changed his font size. , "Bada Shanren" became Zhu Da's last name, used to motivate himself, and at least establish a spiritual support for himself to survive.
Being without a wife and children was a big deal for the ancients. It involves the inheritance of the family line and the continuation of the bloodline. There are three so-called unfilial piety, and the worst is not having heirs. Of course, Zhu Da was not exempt from the secular world, so he grew his hair and returned to the secular world, found a wife and had children, and at the same time engaged in the major event of his life - the anti-Qing cause.
Why fight against the Qing Dynasty? First, Zhu Da is a descendant of the Ming Dynasty royal family. There is no room for him in this world. Moreover, he is also knowledgeable and cannot do serious work such as being a cadre. Second, Zhu Da originally lived a good life. In the Ming Dynasty, he was a well-off royal family and had no worries about food, drink, and clothing. Good guys, you Qing people came and robbed our land, silver, and women. Zhu Da Of course he wants to take back the land, money and women that originally belonged to Lao Zhu's family. Once again, Zhu Da is living so miserably under the pressure of the Qing court. His father is gone, his wife is gone, and his children are gone. He has almost become a lunatic. No one can swallow this breath.
In order to cover up his whereabouts, Zhu Da rebuilt the Qingyunpu Taoist Temple at the ruins of an ancient Taoist temple in the south of Nanchang City. During this period, the people he interacted with most were the martyrs who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Da was active in Nanchang, spending his remaining years in the Dengshe, Beilan Temple, Fushan Fang, and Huoge Thatched Cottage. He made friends with the martyrs who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. He supported himself through painting. However, Zhu Da's paintings were never sold to rich businessmen and powerful people, but ordinary people wanted them, such as poor people, monks, and ordinary people, and Zhu Da responded to their requests.
In his poems and paintings, Zhu Da often created works with the meaning of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty. For example, "Peacock Picture" shows two peacocks standing on a dangerous rock with a large upper and smaller lower one, and only three tail feathers are painted. It coincides with the Qing court officials wearing hats with three eyes and feathers, which implies that the Manchu rule was unpopular.