Bamboo Stone is a seven-character quatrain written by Zheng Xie, a painter in Qing Dynasty. This poem is a poem about bamboo. The poet praised not the softness of bamboo, but its fortitude. The first two sentences praise the inner spirit of bamboo rooted in broken rocks.
The poem "Bamboo Stone" is a metaphor for people. By praising the strong bamboo in the rock, the author implicitly expressed his noble thoughts and sentiments. The language of the poem is simple and profound.
About the author: Zheng Xie (1693~ 1765) was a painter and poet in Qing dynasty. The word Kerou,no. Banqiao, was born in Xinghua (now Xinghua, Jiangsu). He is good at drawing bamboo, orchids and stones. His calligraphy is famous for "six and a half books" and his poems are well written, so he is called "three musts".