Zheng Banban's poems, books, paintings and seals are all very refined, with emotional appeal and understanding of life, which can be called the Qing Dynasty version of Su Dongpo. The difference is that Su Dongpo was successful when he was young, while Zheng Banqiao was a late bloomer. After three dynasties in Kang Yong, he embarked on his official career step by step in the imperial examination. Later, he specially carved a spare seal for this arduous journey, "Kangxi Scholar Yongzheng Juren Gan Long Jinshi", and made a bitter self-mockery.
Zheng Banqiao lived in Suzhou for some time before he came to Yangzhou. In order to make a living, he opened a painting shop at the eastern end of Taohua Lane in Suzhou City, selling calligraphy and painting. At the western end of Taohua Lane, the painter Zijing Lu also opened a painting shop. Zijing Lu is good at painting plum blossoms, and flaunts that his painting of plum blossoms is "seeing the flowers moving from a distance and smelling the fragrance near".
After Zheng Banqiao came to Suzhou, he only painted bamboo and rocks, not plum blossoms. Moreover, when someone invited Zheng to paint plum blossoms, he always laughed: "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, old and young. He is sickly and leads a very difficult life. He painted the plum blossom vividly, and every petal was lifelike. Zheng Banqiao always praised 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."
There is a retired local official who is proficient in calligraphy and has high taste. He likes Zheng Banqiao's paintings and calligraphy very much. He paid a high price of five hundred and twenty pieces of silver and went to Zheng's painting shop to paint with the theme of "Only Plum Blossoms and Guxiang".
Although Zheng Banqiao was a scholar in Qianlong period, his official career was not smooth. Perhaps this time is a godsend opportunity, and I can get to know the newly retired Shangshu adults with the exchange of calligraphy and painting, and undoubtedly master the network resources in my official career. Zheng Banqiao declined, saying, "Mr. Shangshu, Mr. Zijing Lu is the best in painting plum blossoms. 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 old minister happily took the money and went to Zijing Lu.
Since the veteran invited Zijing Lu to paint plum blossoms, Zijing Lu's confidence has greatly increased, and he feels that his paintings are much better than Zheng Banqiao's. He praises himself from time to time, saying that in Suzhou, he said second, and no one dared to say first. Some friends brought Zijing Lu's words to Zheng Banqiao, but Zheng Banqiao just laughed them off.
Zheng Banqiao will move to Yangzhou after living in Suzhou for several years. Before I left, all my local friends came to see me off, including Zijing Lu. At that time, the popular literati exchanged works, or poems, or paintings and calligraphy. Zijing Lu gave Zheng Banqiao a plum blossom, and Zheng Banqiao gave Zijing Lu a plum blossom painted on the spot.
I saw Zheng Banqiao draw a plum branch and a bamboo pole with a brush and a pen. When painting flowers, it is advisable to use thick and light ink, combining reality with reality. Use light ink to directly point out the petals, and when the water is not dry, Jiao Mo will be infiltrated at the lower end of the petals. The plum blossoms drawn in this way are hearty, vivid and unique. Looking at the whole picture, only a few plum blossoms are clearly painted, and the rest are smeared at random, which is quite artistic.
Zijing Lu looked at Zheng Banqiao's painting. His open mouth didn't close for a long time. He was stupefied for a long time before muttering, "Brother Zheng has such superb plum painting skills, why didn't you teach me early?" "I am afraid that Brother Lu will be modest, and I will never paint plums again, and the reward for painting will be much less." Zheng Banqiao answered calmly.
At this point, I suddenly realized and said gratefully, "Brother Zheng painted plum blossoms, not to leave a bite for my younger brother!"
Zheng Banqiao is proficient in calligraphy and painting, so he refused to send plum blossoms to his door. He didn't draw plum blossoms because he didn't draw well, but he wanted to get along well with his neighbors, deliberately hiding his cleverness and leaving a meal for others.
In the fierce social competition in modern times, it is an extraordinary bearing not to shine everywhere, to know how to restrain one's sharpness, and to think of others in everything.
Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong, commented on his way of doing business: "If seven points are reasonable and eight points are ok, I will only get six points. If you have money to earn together, you can cooperate for a long time. " Not the kui is the richest man, the pattern is really different, know how to choose and advance and retreat, and leave food for others. This is great wisdom.
Xu Wei, a mainland rock star, is affectionately known as Xu Juvenile because of his warm sunshine and full feelings. Xu Wei is talented, low-key, and introverted. He doesn't like publicity and hype, and silently makes his favorite music. Another rock star, Wang Feng, whose personality is just the opposite of Xu Wei's, once transferred several people to call him and said, "You are the only one I regard as my opponent." Xu Wei rarely appeared in TV programs, and even refused to be a tutor in a music program many times. If Shang Yan invites Xu Wei, he usually makes a request, that is, recording is not allowed at the scene, and he must be allowed to perform with his own band. Because of this, the band brothers who have followed him for many years can also get a service fee, not just when recording an album. Xu juvenile is really a man of temperament. Whenever he has a bowl of rice to eat, he won't let his brothers starve.
From the individual to the group, if you want to seek development and become bigger and stronger, you must know the wisdom of life that everything is also considerate of others and leave a bite for others to eat. As far as I know, many enterprises are now studying kazuo inamori's living method, which is beneficial to him, friendly and mutual assistance, and win-win cooperation. To put it bluntly, it is to keep people for a meal.