Who are the Badashanren?

Bada Shanren refers to one person, namely Zhu Da.

Zhu Da (1626 ~ about 1705), formerly known as Zhu Tong?, also known as Ben'an, also known as Badashanren, Xuege, Geshan, Renwu, Daolang, etc., was given the name Chuanqi when he became a monk. , Han nationality, from Nanchang, Jiangxi. Unfortunately, bad luck happened. The Ming Dynasty fell when he was just nineteen years old. Many descendants of the royal family were worried that the Qing Dynasty would "exterminate" the Zhu family, so they kept their names anonymous. Zhu Da was also very worried. He used the name "Bada Shanren" on his calligraphy and painting works.

Zhu Da is the ninth grandson of Zhu Quan, the 17th son of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, he became a monk, converted to Taoism, and lived in Qingyunpu Taoist Temple in Nanchang. Good at calligraphy and painting, he adopted Huang Tingjian's calligraphy method in his early years. Flowers and birds are mainly freehand brushwork in ink, with exaggerated and strange images. The pen and ink are condensed and resolute, and the style is majestic and meaningful. Dong Qichang, a master of landscape painting, has a concise brushwork, a quiet and solemn charm, and a spacious charm. He is good at calligraphy, poetry and prose, and rarely uses ink.

The meaning and purpose of Bada Shanren’s name:

The name Zhu Da can be split into four characters, namely "Niu, Bada, Da, Er". In ancient times, At that time, "Zhi Niu Er" was used to describe "taking power", but the Ming Dynasty fell, so Zhu Da threw away the two characters "Niu Er" in his name, and the remaining two characters were "Eight Greats". Zhu Da concealed his name in People living deep in the mountains are called "mountain people", so they are collectively called the "Bada Mountain People".

Bada Shanren’s intention is very clever and unique. His signatures on calligraphy and painting always put Bada and Shanren together vertically, which makes people look like "crying" and "laughing" at first glance. "The words are both funny and funny. In essence, they want to express the grief for the country's destruction.