Painted orchids
(Qing) Zheng Banqiao and Zheng Xie
Orchids grow on the top of rocks, and their fragrance floats among rocks, emitting beautiful flowers in prominent rocks and cracks between rocks.
It's not that the clouds are rolling under our feet, but that orchids don't want to ignore them, and they don't know when they will come or when they will leave.
explain
Orchids grow on the top of the rock and are full of fragrance. Among the prominent rocks and cracks, exotic flowers and herbs are rich and fragrant. It's not that there is no sound of floating clouds rolling under your feet, but that orchids don't want to pay attention, don't know when they will come, and will not stay if they leave.
Thoughts and feelings
The whole poem expresses the hermit's sentiment by reciting things, appreciating themselves and not being moved by secular disturbances. Poetry praises the independent character of orchids in harsh environment and their indifferent mentality, so as to express their feelings of advocating integrity, self-sufficiency and pursuing individual freedom. Calligraphy embodies the author's noble sentiment of being indifferent to fame and fortune and not going with the flow. The focus of the whole poem is on the last two sentences, which can be compared with Mr. Tao Yuanming's "building a house on earth, but there are no chariots and horses." What can you do? " Understand that the heart is far from self-biased.
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Zheng Xie (1693~ 1765) was a famous painter, calligrapher and poet in Qing dynasty. The word Kerou is Banqiao, also known as Zheng Banqiao. In the first year of Qianlong (1736), he was a scholar. He used to be a magistrate of wei county, with a history of calligraphy and painting. Xinghua, Jiangsu province, Kangxi imperial examination champion. Juren in the tenth year of Yongzheng, and Jinshi in the first year of Qianlong (1736). Officials in Fan County and Wei County of Shandong Province have a political voice, "Please ask for help for people who are hungry at the age of 20, become a big official, and then ask for illness." Before and after he became an official, he lived in Yangzhou and made a living by painting and calligraphy. Poetry, words, good books and good paintings. Poetry despises idioms. He is good at drawing flowers, wood and stones, especially orchids and bamboo. The beauty of orchid leaves is reflected in Jiao Mo's brushwork. The cursive script stands upright and has a long fortune. More but not messy, less but not sparse, it is absolutely beautiful to use. Books are also unique, with mixed official texts and sample books, calling themselves "six and a half books". Sometimes it is done through painting. The brushwork of the seal is simple and ancient. As a free and uninhibited person, he chose the county magistrate by Jinshi, made poetry and wine for daily affairs, and transferred to Wei County. At the age of 20, he sought help for the people because of hunger, returned to his hometown and lived in Yangzhou, which made him famous. Indulge in the mountains and rivers and have a drunken hometown tour with poets and savages. When writing about the thin stone of the jungle and the monk wall in the lounge, the viewer will sigh. The Complete Works of Banqiao is written in calligraphy. The paintings he sold were polished and circulated for a while. As one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", his poems, books and paintings are praised as "three wonders" and he is good at painting Zhu Lan. Zheng Xie painted bamboo the most in his life, followed by orchids and stones, but he also painted pines and chrysanthemums. He is a representative literati painter in Qing Dynasty. Born in 1693,165438+1October 22nd, died in1765,65438+1October 22nd, at the age of 73.
In Qing Dynasty, Zheng Banqiao was an outstanding figure in history, the main representative of "Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou", and a painter and writer who was famous for his "Three Wonders of Poetry and Painting". His life can be divided into five stages: "studying and teaching", selling paintings in Yangzhou, "being an official, being an official, being an official in Shandong, and selling paintings in Yangzhou.