The moral education significance of Qi Baishi’s peace is the same as peace.
Character profile:
Qi Baishi, Han nationality, was born in Xiangtan, Hunan. His name was Huang, his courtesy name was Pingsheng, his nicknames were Baishi, Baishiweng, Laobai, also known as Jiping, Laoping, and Jieping. Shan Weng, Qi Da, Mu Jushi, and the Three Hundred Stone Seal Rich Man are modern Chinese calligraphers, painters, and calligraphers and seal engravers. His main paintings include "Ink Shrimp", "Herding Cows", "The Sound of Frogs Ten Miles Out of the Mountain Spring", "Tall Pines and Cypresses·Seal Script Four" "Yan Lian" and so on.
Qi Baishi became a carpenter's apprentice in 1877, and changed to carving and carpentry the following year; in 1888, he gave up chiseling and studied painting, and successively studied under Xiao Xiangye, Wen Shaoke, Hu Qinyuan, Tan Pu, etc.; 1889 In 1894, he studied poetry under the poet and painter Chen Shaofan; in 1894, he served as the president of the Congshan Poetry Society. In 1899, he studied poetry and prose from Wang Kaiyun, a classics scholar and writer.
Personal life:
Qi Baishi’s father is Qi Guanzheng, and his mother is Zhou. Qi Baishi's nickname was "Azhi". He is the eldest grandson in the family and is much loved. Because of his poor family background, Qi Baishi dropped out of private school in the first half of the year when he was 8 years old. He cut firewood, herded cattle, farmed, and did all kinds of work. He worked very hard and often forgot to go home because of studying. His grandmother could only hang a copper bell around his neck. When she heard the bell ringing from a distance, she knew he had arrived home.
Qi Baishi married Chen Chunjun, who was one year older than him, when he was 12 years old; Sichuan woman Hu Baozhu was his second wife; Qi Baishi's second son's name was Qi Liangfu, and his third son's name was Qi Liangkun, the fourth son's name is Qi Liangchi, the fifth son's name is Qi Liangji, the sixth son's name is Qi Liangnian, the seventh son's name is Qi Liangmo, and the eldest grandson's name is Qi Binling.
Creative characteristics:
Qi Baishi’s paintings inherit the traditional brush and ink form of Chinese literati paintings while also striving for innovation. He refined his pen and ink, boldly applied colors, and incorporated the common folk color habits of red and green into ink, explored a new language of color and ink, and expanded the subject matter range of literati paintings; he combined meticulous depiction with hearty freehand brushwork. The combination enriches the expression form of Chinese painting.