Introduction to Zheng Banqiao
Introduction to Zheng Banqiao. Zheng Banqiao’s original name was Zheng Xie and his nickname was Banqiao, so the world called him Mr. Banqiao. He was a famous writer, thinker and painter in the Qing Dynasty of my country. He was born in 1693 and died in 1765. Zheng Banqiao's ancestral home is in Suzhou, and he later lived in what is now Xinghua County, Jiangsu Province.
Zheng Banqiao's painting
Zheng Banqiao was admitted as a scholar during the Kangxi period, but he never passed the imperial examination. It was not until the tenth year of Yongzheng that he passed the imperial examination, but he never became an official. In the first year of Qianlong's reign, he was promoted to Jinshi, and he was always waiting at home. He was later appointed as the county magistrate of Fan County, Henan Province, and then transferred to Weixian County, Shandong Province to continue serving as the county magistrate. These were the two places where he served as an official in his life.
Although Zheng Banqiao only reached the position of county magistrate in his forties, he devoted himself to the welfare of the people. During his tenure as county magistrate, he cared about the sufferings of the people, paid attention to farming and small businessmen, built water conservancy projects, and paid great attention to the local people. He played a great role in his development and won the love of the people. After he resigned in Weixian County, Shandong Province, the people built a shrine for him to express their longing for him.
But the most outstanding thing about Zheng Banqiao's life in the introduction was not his official career, but his literature and paintings. Zheng Banqiao was one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, and he spent most of his life in calligraphy and painting. In his early years, Zheng Banqiao's life was difficult. He sold his paintings and calligraphy in Yangzhou to solve the financial problems in his life. After he resigned and returned home in his later years, due to financial problems, Zheng Banqiao still made a living by selling paintings.
Zheng Banqiao's poetry was very accomplished and highly praised by people at that time. His calligraphy was also quite good, and he was also the object of imitation by people at that time. He was even more accomplished in painting. Zheng Banqiao was especially good at painting bamboo, which was very expressive and was recognized by people at the time. Modern people also recognize Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy and paintings. The story of Zheng Banqiao
Zheng Banqiao was a famous artist in the Qing Dynasty of my country. He was an open-minded person throughout his life. Although he also served as an official, his official position was very small and he only became a county magistrate. But for such a master of art, there have always been many literati anecdotes, and there are many stories about Zheng Banqiao. One of the more interesting ones is what Zheng Banqiao encountered when he was an official.
Paintings by Zheng Banqiao
It is said that when Zheng Banqiao was the magistrate of Weixian County, he was working in the government office one day. His messenger reported that his prefect had arrived. The prefect is Zheng Banqiao's superior. If it had been anyone else, he would have gone out to greet him immediately and flattered him to the fullest, but Zheng Banqiao did not do this.
The reason is that the background of this prefect is not good. He is not a scholar, but a donor. The donation was a way to become an official in the Qing Dynasty. To put it bluntly, he used money. Bought tube. As for this prefect, he was not literate and had no real talent or knowledge, so Zheng Banqiao looked down upon him and did not go out to greet him.
This naturally made the prefect very unhappy. Sui Tan looked down on the prefect, but he still needed to find him, so Zheng Banqiao served wine to entertain the prefect. At the banquet, the prefect became angry when he saw Zheng Banqiao. At this time, the officer happened to bring a plate of river crabs. The prefect knew that Zheng Banqiao had just learned people, so he wanted to humiliate him, so he asked him to write poems with river crabs.
Of course Zheng Banqiao knew what the magistrate meant by doing this, so he chanted: The eight claws are running rampant in the wild, the double pincers are dancing majestically, but who knows that there is nothing in the belly, dip it in ginger vinegar and sing with the wine. Not only did he create a good poem, but he also took the opportunity to satirize the prefect's untalented nature, which was really satisfying. This story of Zheng Banqiao made many people impressed by Zheng Banqiao's wisdom. What is Zheng Banqiao good at painting?
Zheng Banqiao is the most famous artist in my country's Qing Dynasty. It is needless to say that people nowadays favor Qing Dynasty calligraphy and painting works, and Zheng Banqiao's works are their favorites. Zheng Banqiao is one of the representatives of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". He is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and is known as the "Three Wonders".
Zheng Banqiao's "Bamboo"
So what is Zheng Banqiao good at painting? For Zheng Banqiao, he is best at painting orchid and bamboo. Zheng Banqiao painted many things in his life, including bamboo, orchid, stone, as well as pine trees and chrysanthemums; but what Zheng Banqiao painted most in his life was bamboo, followed by orchid.
Zheng Banqiao once wrote a poem to summarize his experience of painting bamboo: For forty years, he painted bamboo branches and wrote his thoughts at night during the day. The redundant and complex parts have been trimmed away, leaving a lean body. When the painting is raw, it is when it is ripe.
Although this poem is short, it contains Zheng Banqiao's profound understanding of painting bamboo.
Zheng Banqiao believes that painting must be careful. If you are not careful, you will not be able to achieve excellence. Painting must eventually achieve the goal of cutting out the complex and simplifying, because when art reaches a certain level, it must be simple, not extremely complicated. A simple element expresses the author's most profound thoughts and shows the most artistic side.
Zheng Banqiao believes that painting should pursue three stages: raw, cooked, and raw; in Zheng Banqiao’s own words, it is to achieve “bamboo in the eyes, bamboo in the chest, and no bamboo in the chest.” This is the way to do it. Reached the highest stage.
Looking at it now, what Zheng Banqiao is good at is painting bamboo, because he has been studying it for the longest time, and he also likes bamboo the most. Bamboo can also best express Zheng Banqiao's integrity. As for other plants, although Zheng Banqiao has been involved in them for a long time, he is not as good as bamboo. The Story of Zheng Banqiao’s Bamboo Painting
Zheng Banqiao loved painting bamboo most in his life. There are many stories about Zheng Banqiao’s bamboo painting. Although some of these stories cannot be verified, they do add a lot to Zheng Banqiao’s character and his works. The origin adds more color to the story. There is a rather interesting story about Zheng Banqiao’s painting of bamboo.
Zheng Banqiao’s Bamboo Painting
Li Chan and Zheng Banqiao went out to Zhenjiang. The great monk of Jinshan Temple knew about it and sent an invitation to Li Chan but not to Zheng Banqiao. So Li Chan wanted to show off to Zheng Banqiao. Zheng Banqiao said that we would come together, so let's go together tomorrow. I will pretend to be your book boy without an invitation. Li Chan also agreed.
The two of them came to Jinshan Temple the next day. Li Chan knew that the great monk of Jinshan Temple called her to ask for his calligraphy treasure, so he went to the inner room and wanted to leave the calligraphy treasure for the great monk. At this time, Li Chan wanted to tease Zheng Banqiao, so she asked Zheng Banqiao to grind the ink for him, and Zheng Banqiao started with a smile.
When Zheng Banqiao handed Li Chan a brush, he deliberately dropped the brush on the paper. Li Chan was very angry and said that it was impossible to write, so you should write. It was a pity for the great monk to see that his precious paper was wasted by a bookboy, but he was embarrassed to get angry when facing Li Chan.
Zheng Banqiao said that he could not write, so he would just draw. So he started to draw on the paper, and soon he finished a picture of bamboo and stamped his seal on it. The great monk liked seeing the lifelike bamboo very much. When the great monk saw that the seal turned out to be the famous Zheng Xie, he was completely shocked. He quickly apologized and asked the boy to serve Zheng Banqiao good tea. This is the story of Zheng Banqiao's bamboo painting. Zheng Banqiao calligraphy price
Zheng Banqiao was a famous artist in the Qing Dynasty of my country. He not only painted bamboo superbly, but was also a master in calligraphy. His bold innovations in calligraphy were unprecedented, so he can be called a master of calligraphy. . Up to now, people still highly respect Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy, and this respect is reflected in the price of Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy.
Price of Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy
Many of Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy are together with his paintings, that is, there is his own poem on a painting, which makes the whole work more unique. whole. Nowadays, such works are very popular in China, and even cost a lot of money. This can be seen from the current auction price.
For example, the price of "Bamboo and Stone" painted by Zheng Banqiao in 1756 was auctioned in 2011, and the price was 46 million yuan; while the price of "Bamboo", painted by Zheng Banqiao in 1764, was auctioned in December 2014. 37.95 million yuan. From this price, it is not difficult to see the popularity of Zheng Banqiao’s works.
As for Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy works, if there are no calligraphy and paintings, the price will be slightly lower than this price, but it will not be very low. At least it will cost several million or even tens of millions now. In today's auctions, it is not unusual for a calligraphy work by Zheng Banqiao to reach a price of tens of millions.
Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy is a school of its own, known as Banqiao style or "six and a half calligraphy". Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy draws on the strengths of many calligraphers. He has studied the works of many calligraphy masters. He has studied Huang Tingjian, Zhao Meng, Zheng Banqiao, Su Dongpo, Wang Xizhi and Wang Huizhi, and even the cursive scripts of Zhang Xu and Huai Su.
Zheng Banqiao’s calligraphy works are not simply piecing together the advantages of these famous artists, but comprehensive innovations based on his own understanding of them. This is Zheng Banqiao’s own calligraphy style, and it is also why the price of Zheng Banqiao’s calligraphy is so high now high reason. Zheng Banqiao's quality
Zheng Banqiao was a famous poet and painter in ancient my country during the Qing Dynasty. He had noble qualities and has been admired by people in later generations. So what are the qualities of Zheng Banqiao?
Pictures of Zheng Banqiao
Zheng Banqiao had many qualities, many of which are worthy of learning by future generations. Let’s briefly talk about Zheng Banqiao’s qualities.
First of all, Zheng Banqiao has the qualities of being charitable and fearless of power. It is said that when Zheng Banqiao was the county magistrate, he happened to encounter a famine. We all know that in ancient times, the government rarely took care of such natural disasters, and could only rely on the people to survive it. At that time, it was true that the court had no reaction to the matter, but Zheng Banqiao couldn't bear to see the miserable life of the people in Liming, so he took the decision privately and opened the granary to rescue the victims. He was later dismissed from office because of this incident.
The second is Zheng Banqiao’s upright character. It is said that when he first took office as county magistrate, a senior official lied about the situation obtained from private investigations in order to achieve good results. Zheng Banqiao knew the true situation and immediately reported it. His timely response made the existing problems was solved, but it also caused him to be marginalized everywhere in his later official life.
Once again, he has the beautiful quality of caring about the country and the people, and having the world at heart. It can be said that Zheng Banqiao never gave up caring for the people of the world throughout his life, but he cared about the people. Even after he was dismissed from office and could only rely on selling paintings to make a living, he did his best to help poor people.
Finally, he has the quality of humility. It can be said that although Zheng Banqiao has excellent talents, he does not show off his talents, and is even modest and studious. Of course, in addition to the above points, Zheng Banqiao also has other qualities, such as his ability not to collude with the officialdom, etc., but I won't say more here.