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Zheng Xie Orchid Album

Painted in the Xinyou year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1741)

Format: Album leaf (12 pages), ink on paper

Size: 28 x 38.7 cm., approximately 1.0 square feet (per piece)

Zheng Banqiao (1693-1766), originally named Zheng Xie, with the courtesy name Kerou, the pseudonym Li'an, and the pseudonym Banqiao, was known as Mr. Banqiao. He was born in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, and his ancestral home was Suzhou. He was a painter, calligrapher, and writer in the Qing Dynasty. He was a scholar in the reign of Emperor Kangxi, a juren in the tenth year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign, and a jinshi in the first year of Emperor Qianlong's reign (1736). He served as the magistrate of Fan County and Wei County in Shandong Province, and made remarkable achievements in government. Later, he lived in Yangzhou and made a living by selling paintings. He was an important representative of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou".

Zheng Banqiao was good at painting orchids, bamboos, rocks, pines, chrysanthemums, etc. He had been painting orchids and bamboos for more than 50 years, and his achievements were the most outstanding. He learned from Xu Wei, Shitao, Bada and others, but formed his own style, with a sparse and clear appearance and a vigorous style. He was good at calligraphy, using Han Bafen mixed with regular script, running script and cursive script, and called himself Liufenbanshu. He also integrated calligraphy into painting. He advocated inheriting the tradition of ten points, learning seven and discarding three, not sticking to the old methods, and attaching importance to the originality of art and the diversity of styles. The so-called "before painting, do not set a style, and after painting, do not leave a style", which is still of reference significance today. His poems are sincere and humorous, and are loved by the public. He is also good at making seals. His poems, calligraphy and paintings are known as the "three wonders" in the world, and he is a representative literati painter in the Qing Dynasty.

(I) The purity of the flowers is so great that it has no place to grow, and its fragrance does not need to be known. Seal: Zheng Xie, Gan Lan Xuan

(II) The days of spring are getting longer, and the air is full of fragrance. I paint orchids (nothing else), only Zhengjia Township. Banqiao. Seals: Zhengda, Ganlanxuan

(III) The wind is strong, but the leaves are not blown. The flowers are elegant, and the flowers are fragrant. Who is my friend? It is me, Zheng Dalang. Banqiao. Seal: Zheng Xiezhi's Seal, Jinshi of Bingchen

(IV) Zheng Xie of Banqiao. Seal: Zheng Xie’s seal, from Xinghua, Yangzhou, Gukou

(V) It is Concubine Yang who has just finished her bath. Please see the thin silk skirt. Banqiao. Seal: Wei Yichang, Kangxi scholar, Yongzheng juren, Qianlong jinshi

(VI) When I laugh at Lingyun's Nine Songs, eleven songs are not too many. Lang now has nine vines, no limit to the number, pick them up at will and dip them in ink. Banqiao. Seal: Zheng Xie, Banqiao, Seventh Rank Official

(VII) Who buys Dongting Lake in autumn? On the top of the Yellow Crane Tower, the locust flowers are half-old and the sweet-scented osmanthus is dense. The setting sun has just left the western ridge, the moon is on the curtain hook, and the vast wilderness is flowing. The smoke is clear and the clouds have disappeared, and thousands of silver lines are floating in the sky. There is no need to go on a painted boat to buy wine, I will wander in my mind. The tune is sent to Langtaosha, Dongting Lake in autumn. Zheng Xie of Banqiao. Seal: Zheng Xie, Old Painter, Taniguchi

(VIII) I dream of Yangzhou, and then I think of Yangzhou dreaming of me. The first is the green willows on the Sui embankment, which cannot bear the smoke. The tide hits the Guabu moon at midnight, and the rain is ten miles away, the Hongqiao fire. The red, bright, cold and pale cherry is not round. When will I hide in the riverside village? When will I sleep in the riverside tower? There are poets and wine lovers. The flower path is not without new decorations, and the seagulls have some leisure time. I will serve my white hair as a man who bows his waist, and I will not leave. I send the tune to Manjianghong, thinking of home. Banqiao. Seals: Zhengda, Quail, Suli

(IX) After a rainy night, the river is cool, the wet smoke begins to break, the willow branches turn yellow, it is only the morning of September, and it is Qingming again, the wine bottles in the Taohua Village store are fragrant. The sea clouds are faintly leaking, the vast spring water gradually fills the pond, the waves are calm, the swallows fly low, and the small boats are drying the fish nets on the weir. Tuned to Butterfly Love Flower, Fisherman. Free and unrestrained. Zheng Xie of Banqiao. Seal: Zheng Da, Gukou

(10) The distant water is calm, the reeds are in bloom, and the evening sails are stacked beside the hillside. I want to go far away, but I can't move. The red sun sets in the west. What is the point of fame and fortune? Years pass by, the water is rough and the weather is fine. I am sad about the water and the wind, but I am always worried about it. I send the tune to Langtaosha, and the sails return to the distant harbor. Banqiao. Seal: Old Banqiao 20 years ago, Weiyichang, Liufenbanshu

(XI) Fishermen moor at the mouth of the Qinghuai River, the west wind ripens the rice and the thousand-family willows. The thatched house is hung with new red, and the wine flag is even greener; I buy wine and exchange it for fish, and the boat turns around to get the wine. The sound of threshing on the shore and the clear singing of fishermen on the water. The tune is sent to Bodhisattva Man, and I stay at the thousand-family willows. Zheng Xie of Banqiao. Seal: Zheng Da, Old Banqiao 20 years ago, Gukou

(XII) It rained last night, but it was clear today. The sound of the curtains rolling up in the small building is heard as I buy flowers. I am half asleep, but still not satisfied. It is already dusk. There is no guarantee of whether it will be sunny or rainy. It kills the worried people. I plant flowers to comfort the guests. Whether it will bear fruit or become cloudy is uncertain. It is green now. I send the tune to Langtaosha and plant flowers. Zheng Xie of Banqiao. Seals: Zheng Xie's Seal, Countless Green Mountains Pay Homage to Thatched Cottage, Common Official