“The Husbandman writes about bamboo, with ten thousand rods in his chest, riding on the wind at will, with ink and water dripping, natural and heavenly. The student would like to take one of the bamboo in the painting and make a fishing rod in the clear windy river.”
Zhu Pingan carefully looked at the wind and bamboo drawing of Sun Laozi, and marvelled at Sun Laozi’s drawing skills, Sun Laozi’s simple few strokes expressed the bamboo’s bones soundly, he could not help but get up and arch his hand to Sun Laozi and said.
I would like to take a piece of bamboo in the painting, and make a fishing rod in the river with a clear breeze.
Zhu Pingan is the use of Zheng Banqiao’s resignation of the sentence “write a branch of thin bamboo, the autumn wind on the river as a fishing rod”, but also lamented in Sun’s old master Hua revealed in the bones of the wind.
“Zi Hou, overstated.”Old Master Sun stroked his beard and shook his head.
“Which is not true, the student is feeling.”Zhu Pingan’s naive face was full of sincerity, said and reached out to point at the windy bamboo picture on the stone table and continued, “Husband’s painting of the bamboo is long and lonely, the bamboo’s god also; overriding the clouds and boldness, the bamboo’s life also; according to the stone but not confined to the stone, the bamboo’s section also; falling in the colour but not stagnant in the terrain, the bamboo’s character also.”
God, life, section, character.
These are the four flavours of bamboo, and also what Elder Master Sun had in mind when he was painting, and being said by Zhu Pingan in such a way, it instantly spoke to Elder Master Sun’s heart.
Of course, Old Master Sun would not show it, still stroking his beard and shaking his head, but his eyes towards Zhu Pingan were more satisfied.
“This painting has not yet been inscribed, I just deliberated for half a day and could not think of a good, it happens that ZiHou you came over, then it will be inscribed for the old man, the old man can also steal half a day of leisure.”Sun stroked his whiskers and smiled, gesturing for Zhu Pingan to inscribe this wind and bamboo picture he made.
From the words of Sun Laozi, Zhu Pingan also knew that Sun Laozi had just rested on the table, and had really fallen asleep while deliberating on the inscription.
Now hearing that Sun old master asked himself to inscribe, Zhu Pingan couldn’t help but shake his head with a bitter smile, “The student is afraid of ruining benefactor’s painting.”
“Don’t be polite Zi Hou, this old man is rather eat meatless than live without bamboo, just let him paint again if he ruined it, he has to paint some bamboo every day anyway. Besides, Zi Hou is now a Scholar, how he writes is also worthy of his paintings.”
Master Mother smiled and walked over, bringing the steeped tea over, saying that she was about to pour tea for the two.
“Senior mother, let the student do it.”Zhu Pingan got up and took the teapot, pouring a cup of tea for each of Elder Master Sun, Master Mother and himself.
“You child, what’s with the politeness.”The Master Mother looked at Zhu Pingan who poured the tea and was filled with smiles.
Old Master Sun picked up the tea that Zhu Pingan had poured and gently sipped it, savouring it for a moment, then looked at Master Mother and smiled faintly, “Madam’s tea making skills are getting better and better.”
Then, it provoked a blank stare from the Master Mother, ranting about being disrespectful for the old.
Zhu Pingan watched from the sidelines and could not help but tickle the corners of his lips, Enshu and ShiMa were truly an example of an ancient couple, not only could they raise their eyebrows, but they could also have the little love affairs of a modern couple.
“There is no harm, Zi Hou and be generous with the inscription is all.”Old Master Sun looked at Zhu Pingan and stroked his beard and spoke again.
Both Master and Master’s mother had spoken, the inscription could not be shirked, so Zhu Pingan had no choice but to oblige. After answering the question, under the gaze of Sun’s old master and the master’s mother, Zhu Pingan studied the ink while thinking about what to inscribe.
Old Master Sun was very curious about what words his senior apprentice would inscribe and stroked his beard as he quietly watched from the sidelines.
The same was true for the master’s mother.
Zhu Pingan studied the ink, and then carefully looked at the old master Sun’s this pair of wind bamboo picture, strange stone towering, pond shallow, wind bamboo several poles, thin and thick, short and long, bamboo under the bamboo there are several clumps of bamboo shoots, after a moment, Zhu Pingan’s eyes lit up, the heart has already had an idea.
Seeing this, Old Master Sun couldn’t help but sit up straight, from Zhu Pingan’s eyes, he knew that this senior apprentice of his had already thought of what words to inscribe.
Master Mother also put down the work in her hands and turned her eyes to Zhu Pingan.
Under the watchful eyes of his mentor and his master’s mother, Zhu Pingan stopped his ink-steeping hands, then took down a brush from a brush holder, dipped the brush into the well-searched ink for a full dip, and then began to run the brush to inscribe the words.
Soon, a poem was added to the wind and bamboo picture, right on the white space of the painting, and the font was so strong that it could penetrate the paper, like riding the wind and breaking the waves, carrying the righteousness, complementing the bamboo with its strong bones.
New Bamboo
The new bamboo is higher than the old one, supported by the old trunk.
Next year there will be a newborn, and the ten-foot dragon’s grandson will surround the phoenix pond.
Zhu Pingan’s inscription on the wind and bamboo picture is Zheng Banqiao’s “New Bamboo” from the Qing Dynasty. Zheng Banqiao of the Qing Dynasty can be considered one of the best among the poems written about bamboos, and this “New Bamboo” is very suitable for the present scene. The new bamboo is higher than the old bamboo branches, all because of the old trunk for support, this line says that the new bamboo can be higher than the old bamboo, can not be separated from the old bamboo support, the meaning of the words says that a person can be more than the teacher and predecessors, are because of teachers and predecessors nurturing and cultivation.
It is just the right time to follow this poem to express one’s respect and gratitude to one’s mentor, Sun Laofu Zi.
One hundred thousand dragon grandchildren surround the phoenix pool ……The dragon grandson here is not an offence to royal dignity by Zhu Pingan, dragon grandson is an alias for bamboo shoots, and in many places in the south dragon grandson is used to refer to bamboo shoots, and there is no taboo involved in avoiding it when it is used in the poem.
Many people wrote about bamboo shoots in the previous dynasty, such as Mei Yaochen’s poem “Han Zhiguo Bequeaths Bamboo Shoots”, which reads “The dragon’s grandson spits out a foot of buds in spring, and the purple brocade wraps the jade away from the mud and sand”, or 6 You’s poem “Summer Day”, which reads “The swallow will be leaving the nest for the time being, and the dragon’s grandson will be releasing the tip of the mother’s bamboo shoots”.The poem was written by Zhu Pingan, but Sun’s old man had only finished it.
After Zhu Pingan finished writing, Old Master Sun stroked his beard and softly read out the poem that Zhu Pingan had inscribed.
The new bamboo is higher than the old bamboo branches, all supported by the old trunk. From this poem, Old Master Sun read out Zhu Pingan’s respect for his teacher, and Old Master Sun could also feel it from Zhu Pingan’s words and behaviour, especially just now when he was afraid of disturbing his own sleep by standing like a log in the courtyard for so long.
“Next year there will be a new born person, ten zhang dragon grandchildren around the phoenix pool, phoenix pool ……”After reading the poem, Old Master Sun repeated the word phoenix pool again, then slightly narrowed his eyes somewhat complexly looking at Zhu Pingan and said, “Zi Hou, has the ambition to slaughter the world ah.”
The reason why Old Master Sun repeated the word phoenix pool and then said that Zhu Pingan had the ambition to govern the world was because of the word phoenix pool.
Phoenix Pond, Phoenix Pond also. In ancient times, the phoenix pool is said to be forbidden garden in the pond, Wei Jin and North and South Dynasties set up in the province in the forbidden garden in the pond, people with “phoenix pool” called the province, in charge of the world’s vitals. Tang Dynasty, the prime minister said with the Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhang matter, people use “Phoenix Pond” refers to the prime minister position.
The word is like his person, the poem is also like his person.
Sun Laozi was a well-read man with a wealth of knowledge, so he naturally knew a lot about the allusion to the Phoenix Pond, which is why he said that Zhu Pingan had the ambition to govern the world.
“Errr, the husband is overthinking ……”
Zhu Pingan rubbed his nose and laughed bitterly, this was really a coincidence, although he did have this ambition, but he really didn’t want to show it in this poem.
Old Master Sun stroked his beard and smiled without saying anything.
Master mother looked at Zhu Pingan, couldn’t help but smile and comforted “What’s there to be embarrassed about, young people should have ambition.”
Well, preconceived ideas, no use explaining anymore .
