After Zheng Banqiao came to Suzhou, he only painted bamboo and rocks, not plum blossoms. And if someone asks Zheng to paint plum blossoms, he always laughs: "The plum blossoms I painted are far worse than those painted by Mr. Lu. Come on, I'll take you to Mr. Lu to paint. "
Zijing Lu is a scholar, with parents, a wife and children, and illness. His life is very difficult. He painted the plum blossom vividly, and every petal was lifelike. Zheng Banqiao always speaks highly of Zijing Lu's paintings in front of everyone. "I haven't been able to catch up with the plum blossoms painted by Mr. Lu after studying for ten years and eight years."
A senior official went home to support the elderly. He is proficient in calligraphy and has high taste. Appreciate Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy and painting very much. He paid a high price of 520 taels of silver and came to Zheng Jiasuo to ask for a painting called "The Fragrant Maiden of Plum Valley".
Although Zheng Banqiao was a scholar in Yongzheng period, his official career was not smooth due to various reasons. Perhaps this time is a good opportunity to send it to your door, and it is undoubtedly a good opportunity to please the adult Shang Shu who just left. Zheng Banqiao declined, saying, "Mr. Shangshu, if you want to paint plums, it's better for Mr. Zijing Lu to do it. Let's just say that the plum blossom he painted is worth fifty taels of silver, and the best one I painted is fifty taels. " Hearing this, the veteran went to Zijing Lu with money.
Since the veteran invited Zijing Lu to paint plum blossoms, Zijing Lu felt that his paintings were much better than those of Zheng Banqiao, and from time to time he boasted that he was the second in Suzhou, and no one dared to say that he was the first. Some friends took Zijing Lu's words to Zheng Banqiao, but Banqiao just laughed them off.
Zheng Banqiao will move to Yangzhou after living in Suzhou for three years. Before I left, Zijing Lu came to see me off. Scholars always send their works to each other when they bid farewell. Zheng Banqiao gave Zijing Lu a plum blossom.
Zheng Banqiao spread out the paper and waved his pen, only to see his pen sideways, from simple to simple, and drew a plum blossom bamboo pole with flying white spots. When painting flowers, the ink depth should be appropriate, some light and some heavy, and the petals should be pointed out directly with light ink, and then the lower end of the petals should be infiltrated with Jiao Mo when the water is not dry. The plum blossoms drawn in this way are hearty, smooth in brushwork and high in spirit. Looking at the whole picture, only three or four plum blossoms are clearly painted, and the rest are smeared, which is quite artistic.
Zijing Lu looked at Zheng Banqiao's painting. His open mouth didn't close for a long time. He hesitated for a long time before mumbling, "Brother Zheng has such superb skills in painting plum blossoms, why didn't he teach me early?" ""I'm afraid Brother Lu will be modest, and I'll never paint plums again, and the reward for painting will be much less. " Zheng Banqiao replied quietly.
At this point, I suddenly realized that I was grateful and said, "Brother Zheng doesn't paint plum blossoms, in order to leave a bite of rice for my younger brother!"
Banqiao is proficient in calligraphy and painting and refuses to do business. Not because plum blossoms are not well painted, but to be friendly with neighbors. In the fierce social competition in modern times, not showing off everywhere and thinking for others is a manifestation of tolerance and self-cultivation.