We can basically see a variety of seals on the works of the Bada Shanren, and people's views on this seal are different, some people think that it should be read as "Yishanren", some people think that it should be read as "Immortal", and some people think it should be the four words "Bada Shanren". Everyone's account is different, but these seals are very helpful in identifying whether they are the authentic works of the Bada Shan people.
However, later generations have also used these seals to forge similar patterns, which makes people believe that they are true, but it is not difficult for us to distinguish whether they are real seals according to the comprehensive methods of the BadaShan people's font size, age and style. Of the eight seals, a small part of which will be consistent with the seal, the main difference is that the knife method, font, and shape are different. The order in which different seals appear, we can divide them into three periods: early, middle and late. In the early days, there were blunt Han, The Seal of The Silk, the Upper Bada Mountain, the Huaigu Hall, the Ren House, etc., and in the middle period, there were in the Fushan Fang, the Ge Xiang Ru Eat, the Yellow Bamboo Garden (2 squares), nong, etc., and the late use of the Bada ShanRen's sandal-shaped seal accounted for the majority.
The seals of the Eight Great Powers are not only numerous, but also a good historical material for their historical research. For example, "Qingqian" means that he has epilepsy and is eager to get better; "Eight Returns" is to let the Qing Dynasty return his rivers and mountains and want to return to the Ming Dynasty; "He Garden" is to express his love and praise for lotus flowers, "He" is "Lotus". There are still many intriguing places in the eight seals, you may wish to take a look at it yourself and study it.
When he was a teenager, Zhu Yun, a bad mountain man, suffered the unfortunate experience of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the country underwent earth-shaking changes from the Ming to the Qing, and he himself fell from a nobleman to a grass dweller, in order to escape the persecution of qing dynasty officials, he had to hide his name and live in seclusion between the mountains and rivers. However, because his excellent calligraphy and paintings were concerned by everyone, many rulers of the Qing Dynasty tried every means to get close to him and wanted to adopt him for their own use, but the Eight Greats did not buy their accounts, pretended to be deaf and dumb, and behaved strangely, so people thought he was crazy at that time.
The paintings of the Eight Greats often use symbolic techniques to express their hearts, such as birds, fish, etc., all of which use white eyes to people, making the animals painted full of stubbornness and pride, which is also his own portrayal. Zhu Yun is personally good at painting natural landscapes such as landscapes, flowers and birds, and through his concise, unique and exaggerated techniques, he makes the image more realistic, and the image of flowers and birds created is unique, which can be described as unheard of.
The Eight Great Pairs of Calligraphy also have their own unique uses, he uses the rounded lines of the seal book to write line writing and cursive, in short, using the seal book writing method to write line writing and cursive, natural ups and downs, with superb techniques to connect one font after another, and a stroke to the end, the technique is smooth. Zhu Yun placed his emotions in painting and calligraphy, using calligraphy and painting to express his attachment to the Ming Dynasty, and also showed his cynical, arrogant and uninhibited personality characteristics.
Bada Shanren, whose real name is Zhu Youjue, also known as Zhu Yun, is a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi. He had great achievements in calligraphy and painting, and at the same time his works had a great influence on future generations.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the atmosphere of imitating ancient calligraphy and painting in the painting world became more and more serious, and everyone's painting style was the same, forming a phenomenon of plagiarism, and the Chinese painting world became increasingly decadent. In this declining form, a painter with a distinct and imposing style appeared in front of everyone's eyes, which made many painters shine.
He is famous for his ink paintings, and his love for landscapes, flowers and birds is expressed in his ink paintings, mostly derived from nature, with simple strokes but not losing their novelty. Ink painting was not popular at that time, although some painters will also involve landscapes such as landscapes, flowers and birds, but they either focus on painting landscapes or focus on painting flowers and birds, but the Bada Shan people take these two into account at the same time, and the fragrance of flowers and birds in the landscape must be the best match.
When we carefully look at his works, it is not difficult to find the distinctive personality characteristics of the Bada Shanren. In a painting that seems to be a few strokes at hand, those flowers, grasses, birds, stones, houses and other scenery are scattered on the paper, but they are dense and dense with each other, virtual and real, and all happen to be in the right seat. This kind of painting realm with a degree of layout and a very deep artistic conception is undoubtedly a clever combination of art and emotion, and he goes to roam his personal world with his works.
Bada is good at painting natural scenes, mountains, water, bamboo, wood, flowers, birds, fish, etc. are all "regulars" in his paintings, of which lotus flowers and birds are his favorite painting subjects. The painting techniques of the Eight Great Masters are skillful, with not much ink and few strokes, but they are all vivid and vivid, and they have a different artistic conception.
There are countless lotus themes in the eight paintings, such as "Lotus Bird Diagram", "Lotus Double Bird Diagram", "Lotus Kingfisher Diagram", etc., from the name of the work, it can be seen that his lotus flowers basically appear on the paper with birds, which is also his favorite form of painting. "Lotus Flower Water Bird Diagram" is one of the eight more representative works.
From his painting, we see a lonely bird, standing on a strange rock, the bird shrugging its shoulders and retracting its wings, as if feeling like it is about to flee in a hurry; and then look at the stone on which the bird stands, the stone is large and small above, and it is about to collapse at any time; the head of the lotus flower is down, and the slender branches fail to hold the huge lotus flower, and press directly against the bird of fright. The picture conveys a depressed, lonely and desolate mood, such a sad composition can just express his inner bitterness and loneliness, which is a portrayal of his real life.
Although the paintings of the Eight Great Schools are exaggerated in the eyes of many people, this strange painting method is also uncommon, or even completely unreasonable, but from his profound experience of life and the expression of artistic emotions, it can be seen that his works are the product of the combination of artistic thought and real experience of life, and it is a strange artistic illusion.
Bada Shanren is the nickname that the famous painter Zhu Yun gave himself in his later years in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and it is also the nickname used by Zhu Yun when his works were at their peak.
Why did Zhu Yun take the nickname of bada shanren? Different scholars have different views on this, for example, the famous Qing historian Chen Ding wrote in the "Biography of the Eight Mountain People": "The eight great ones, the four directions and four corners, are all greater than me, and no one is greater than me." Some people also believe that the nickname "Bada Shanren" is related to Zhu Yun's lineage, "eight" refers to the eighth grandson of Zhu Quan, the seventeenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Ning, and "da" and "yun" are also pronounced together, that is, they recognize themselves as descendants of king Ning, and also reflect their loyalty to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. The last one is related to his tragic experience, the demise of the country, the grief of the mood and the pain of shaving his hair as a monk, so that when he signed his works, he often used the four words "Eight Greats" and "Mountain People" to be written in grass, the first two words looked like "crying" and the last two words looked like "laughter".
The paintings of the Bada Shanren are different from other painters, many painters either focus on painting landscapes or focusing on painting flowers and birds, but the Bada and the two are good at it, and each painting has its own characteristics. For example, the birds of the Eight Great Paintings, especially the eyes of birds, are as divine and turning as human eyes, and even give people a sense of contempt, which indirectly adds a lot of spirituality to his paintings.
When Zhu Yun was twenty years old, he suffered the destruction of the country and the death of his relatives, after which Zhu Yun was so sad that he shaved his head. These experiences make his perspective and depth different from others in creating his works, making his works more connotative and full of personality. His works are divided into three categories: calligraphy, landscape and flowers and birds, and there are about 2,000 paintings in the world, which are numerous and of good quality, which are admired by future generations.