Plum blossom, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Known as the "four gentlemen." The characteristics are: pride, quietness, firmness and lightness.
Plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum have become the symbols of China people's feelings for things, and they are also the most common themes in poems about objects and literati paintings. It is precisely because of their yearning for this aesthetic personality realm that it is also a common theme in object-chanting poems and artists' paintings and calligraphy, and they are called the four gentlemen in flowers. These four gentlemen are not vain, they have their own characteristics:
May: I am proud of exploring waves and cutting ice and snow. I am proud of myself and am a noble and noble person.
Lan: The hollow valley is secluded, narcissistic, fragrant and elegant, and is a sage in the world;
Bamboo: the screen makes the moon, and it is chic and elegant all its life, which is modest;
Chrysanthemum: Shuang Ling is elegant, maverick and not aggressive. He is a hermit.
"Four Gentlemen" is the traditional theme of Chinese painting, with plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum as the four gentlemen. This is a traditional moral model.
In the Ming Dynasty, Huang Fengchi compiled Four Spectres of Zhu Mei Lanju, and from then on, Mei Zhulanju was called the "Four Heavenly Kings". ? [ 1]? Painters use "four gentlemen" to flaunt the noble character of gentlemen. "Four Sketches of Choosing Elegant Flowers and Selecting Cynthia Chrysanthemum": "Those who choose plum, bamboo, orchid and chrysanthemum alone, with their elegance, can cleanse people's dirty intestines and make their bones bright.
"The four gentlemen are not empty names, each with its own characteristics: Mei, cutting ice and snow, and being proud; Orchids, empty valleys, fragrant, narcissistic; Bamboo, sifting the wind and making the moon, is a chic life; Chrysanthemum and Shuang Ling are their own, and they won't be angry. Mei Lanzhuju's poetic sentiment towards Mei Lanzhuju is based on the profound national cultural spirit.
Mei Lan and Zhu Ju occupy four seasons, and China literati regard them as "four gentlemen", which shows their understanding of time order and the meaning of life. Gao Meijie proudly stands on the shore, orchids are elegant and ethereal, bamboo is modest and straight, and chrysanthemums are chaste in Leng Yan. China people load their true feelings in a flower, a grass, a stone and a tree, thus making flowers, trees, grass and stones break away from or expand their original meanings and become symbols and metaphors of personality.