Does anyone know the Eight Monsters in the South of the Yangtze River?
Eight eccentrics in Yangzhou include Zheng Xie, Huang Shen, Li, Gao Xiang, Jin Nong, Shan Li and Wang Ba. It has been nearly a hundred years since the rise of Emperor Kangxi in the last years to the death of Luo Pin, the youngest painter among the Eight Eccentrics in Jiaqing four years. Their paintings are numerous, widely circulated and immeasurable. According to the catalogue of Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics compiled by modern people, more than 8,000 paintings have been collected by more than 200 museums, art galleries and research units at home and abroad. As an outstanding group in the history of China painting, they are world-famous.
Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics was very famous before his death. Shan Li, Li, Gao and Li Mian were summoned by emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong respectively, or tried to draw or entrusted them. In the eighth year of Qianlong, Li Hong saw the cherry bud map written by Zheng Xie, which is the oval seal of Zhu Wen, the treasure of Qianlong Royal Tour. In the 13th year of Qianlong, when Li Hongdong toured, he named Zheng Xie "History of Calligraphy and Painting". Luo Pin has traveled three times. "At that time, the corporal Wang Gongqing Yin of Xiyuan, the East Pavilion guest, and Wang Fu were at the door, afraid of being late; Meng Gong was shocked. His face was clear.
The bold and innovative style of Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics was passed down by later painters. Famous painters in modern times include,, Zhao, Wu Changshuo, Ren Bonian, Ren Weichang, Wang,, Wang Yiting, Chen Shiceng, Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Huang and Pan Tianshou. They are all influenced by the works of "Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics" in some ways. Most of them spoke highly of the works of "Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics". Xu Beihong wrote an inscription for Zheng Xie's Zhu Lan: "Mr Banqiao is one of the most outstanding figures in China in the past 300 years. His thoughts are strange, his style is strange, and his calligraphy and painting are especially strange. Looking at his poems, paintings and calligraphy, I want to see Gao Zhi, but also reflect benevolence and sadness in amazement, especially rare among ancient and modern geniuses. "