From "Yu Qianseng Luyunxuan" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty: "It is better to eat without meat than live without bamboo. No meat makes people thin, and no bamboo makes people vulgar. A thin person can still be fat, and a scholar The vulgarity cannot be cured." Bamboo is enchanting with its fairy-like, natural, elegant and tranquil beauty; its emptiness, knotty, sparse and light character, which does not admire glory, do not strive for beauty, neither flattery nor flattery, is similar to the ancient sages who said "it is not indifferent but indifferent". It is consistent with the sentiment of "clear ambition, without tranquility, there is no ambition". The ancients had a famous saying that "a gentleman is as virtuous as a bamboo", which is consistent with the aesthetic taste and ethical awareness of the Chinese nation. It was naturally introduced into the social ethics category and had a profound impact on the development of traditional Chinese culture. "There are knots before they are unearthed, and they are modest even when they are in the clouds." This is a portrayal of the excellent character and sentiment of the Chinese nation, and is also the reason why Chinese culture is deeply imprinted on bamboo. Bamboo, with its elegance and quality that “accordes to the virtues of a gentleman and is suitable for everything”, has become the incarnation and model of noble personality. "Book of Rites: Sacrificial Vessels" says: "...for humans, it is like a bamboo arrow with a yun, or a pine or cypress with a heart. The two are at the top of the world. Therefore, Ke Yiye is not changed in the four seasons. "Personalizing bamboo and introducing it into the social ethical category. "The Book of Songs Wei Feng·Qi'ao" says: "Looking at Qi'ao, green bamboo Yiyi, there are gangsters and gentlemen, as if they are cutting with each other, as if polishing." Bamboo is endowed with human spirit, morality and sentiment. Because bamboo is so attractive, many literati and celebrities in ancient times stayed away from the mortal world and lived in seclusion in remote mountains. The wild bamboo forests became an ideal place for relief. Take bamboo as your companion, regard bamboo as your friend, and pursue an unfettered spiritual life that transcends the ordinary world. Ruan Ji, Jikang, Liu Ling and other Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest in the Jin Dynasty; Kong Chaofu and Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty and other Bamboo River Liuyi... Literati wandered in the vast bamboo forest, bathing in the charm of bamboo bamboos day and night, and the branches were sparse. The delicate and graceful beauty of Chanjuan; her upright, steadfast, upright and disciplined conduct and characteristics make famous people intoxicated and indulged in her. Fu bamboo, chanting bamboo, praising bamboo, and composing bamboo music have become the fashion among literati. Wang Huizhi looked up to the sky and chanted loudly, "You can't live without this king for a day." Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty practiced fishing in Orchid Pavilion and said, "There are high mountains and luxuriant forests and bamboos here." Dai Kaizhi loved bamboo and studied bamboo, and wrote the "Bamboo Book" describing more than 70 bamboo properties. This is the earliest botanical treatise written in four-character rhyme in China and the world. The character bamboo is a pictorial character. "Shuowen Jiezi" says, "Bamboo and winter grass are the pictograms, and the drooping bodhisattva is also a bamboo leaf." The bodhisattva is a bamboo leaf. The Chinese character "Bamboo" is composed of two characters "ge" which resemble bamboo leaves. The two "ones" are not separated, symbolizing unity and steadfast love. Bamboo is a homophonic word for "blessing". "Wish you (bamboo), wish (bamboo) blessings" are eulogies that give people beauty, happiness and auspiciousness. Bamboo has made extremely important contributions in the daily life of Chinese people and demonstrated the charm of bamboo civilization. Therefore, the relationship between bamboo and human life is as Su Dongpo said: "Bamboo shoots are used to eat, bamboo tiles are used to live in, bamboo rafts are used to carry people, bamboo fuel is used to cook, bamboo skin is used to clothe, bamboo paper is used to write, and bamboo shoes are used to walk. It can be said that You can’t live without this king for a day.” Bamboo culture is unique to China, and bamboo slips are the carrier of culture and the recorder of history. Paper used as a cultural carrier in the future will mostly be recycled products of bamboo. Since ancient times, countless poets and poets have formed an indissoluble bond with bamboo. When you open the poem volume, you can read Yu Shinan's "Being able to recognize the nature of the cold winter, knowing that the heart is cold with age", Zheng Banqiao's "Lying in the Yazhai and listening to the rustling bamboos, I suspect they are the sounds of people's suffering", Dong Biwu's "The bamboo leaves are green and refuse to turn yellow, and the branches are beautiful "Withstand severe frost", Mao Zedong's "A branch of mottled bamboo drops a thousand tears, thousands of red clouds bloom in a hundred heavy clothes"... In the Wenbu painting circle, you can see Su Dongpo's "Zhu Bamboo", Qing Dynasty's "Sword Bamboo" by Xu Gu, Qi Baishi's "Wind Bamboo", Huang Binhong's "Rain Bamboo"... These gorgeous poems and paintings not only describe the shape and state of bamboo, but also describe human feelings and aspirations. Bamboo can be recognized and loved by most intellectuals because in bamboo, you can see the integrity and character of life, as well as infatuation and persistence. It should be said that among flora, bamboo is undoubtedly a symbol of intellectuals. The reason why scholars and gentlemen throughout the ages have been fascinated by the bamboo forest and lingered there was not just to escape from the real society, but to find a kind of spiritual sustenance. Going to nature to indulge in the mountains and rivers is a way to make up for psychological defects and obtain temporary psychological balance. The green bamboos and quiet and elegant environment make it an ideal place to go. Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, experienced the "Anshi Rebellion" and suffered from the hustle and bustle of the world. He abandoned the idea of ??fame and wealth and lived in seclusion in the countryside of Lantian to build a Zhuli Pavilion. He devoted himself to practice, thoroughly understood Buddhism, and practiced meditation quietly, so that his state of mind returned to indifference and nature. "Sitting alone in the quiet The people in the deep woods don't know how free, happy and detached the poet is at this time. The great poet Bai Juyi also suffered several setbacks in his official career. He retired to Luoyang in his later years. In his home of "ten acres of house, five acres of garden, a pond of water, and thousands of bamboo poles", while reading Buddhist books and practicing meditation, he " I love to walk deep in the bamboos at night, and the moonlight is mostly at the end of the small bridge." The poet who is in the embrace of Xiuzhuhuang Yun has peace of mind, experiences more self-worth, and the light of life is sublimated. He also compared bamboo to a "virtuous gentleman" in "Bamboo Raising Notes" and highly praised bamboo's "solid nature, straight nature, empty heart, and chastity" and other characters and sentiments. The beauty of the soft branches and leaves, the dense phoenix tail, the thin roar of the dragon, and the delicate and graceful bamboo has attracted many painting masters to paint it. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, famous bamboo painters have appeared in large numbers with bamboo as their subject matter. Each bamboo painting illuminates the world with its divine appearance.

Xiao Rui, a famous bamboo painter in the Tang Dynasty, donated fifteen poles of bamboo to Bai Juyi. The poet read the bamboo and felt its meaning, and wrote "Song of Painting Bamboo": "It is the most difficult to write about plants. Although there is no similar painting in ancient and modern times, Xiao Lang's pen It is unique and lifelike, the first person since the time of painting to paint bamboos with fat and bloated bodies, and thin and sparse stems; they grow randomly without roots, and they are made by brushes without bamboo shoots. Wen Yuke learned to paint ink bamboo, and he highly praised Wen Yuke's "confident" painting theory. The poem goes: "When I was painting bamboo, I saw no one in the bamboo; no one could be seen in the bamboo, but my body was suddenly left behind; my body and the bamboo turned into endless freshness, which was unprecedented in Zhuang and Zhou Dynasties. Who knew this concentration." In Chinese Aesthetics. Among them, "lightness" is a very high state, "There is no ancient or modern thing to write poetry, but it is difficult to create plainness." The person who has combined the ancient and modern bamboo paintings to reach such a high state is Zheng Banqiao, one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou" in the Qing Dynasty. He made an indelible contribution to the development and perfection of bamboo painting techniques and theories. The bamboo forest, the Holy Land of Eden, exudes tranquility, emptiness, and ghostly light. It gives birth to bamboo civilization, giving people inspiration and strength, allowing them to appreciate human beings and have an epiphany about life. Loving bamboo, chanting bamboo, and painting bamboo are actually loving, chanting, and painting people. Su Dongpo's "The mood of the wind and snow can be broken but not humiliated"; Zheng Banqiao's "The black gauze is thrown away and it is not an official, and the bag is fluttering and my sleeves are cold; I write a branch of delicate bamboo and use it as a fishing rod on the river in the autumn wind." Expressing ambition in poetry, I use the image of bamboo to express my personality and sentiments of being indifferent to the powerful and upright. Su Dongpo, this talented writer, could write poems, lyrics, and paintings. He was also good at eating, drinking, and maintaining health. He was especially an expert in eating bamboo shoots. He was imprisoned for his crimes, but was pardoned by the later emperor and demoted to Huangzhou, where he began his life in exile. When he first arrived in Huangzhou, when he saw the bamboo shoots, he forgot all about the favor and disgrace, and immediately recited: "The Yangtze River surrounds Guo to know the beauty of fish, and the bamboos are connected to the mountains to feel the fragrance of bamboo shoots." Later he wrote the "No Bamboo Order" which has been passed down to this day. People are vulgar and don’t have meat to make people thin. If you want to be good and not lose weight, eat bamboo shoots and cook meat.” It can be seen that eating bamboo shoots is indispensable for him. This man also likes to eat bitter bamboo shoots. His good friend Huang Luzhi once ridiculed him for this: "You are like a bitter bamboo shoot, but you can take off your clothes tomorrow." In order to eat bitter bamboo shoots, Su Dongpo did not even have to be an official. Wen Huaisha, a famous Chuci expert: In our country, the classical literary tradition has a means of expression called expressing feelings through objects, which expresses feelings through objects. Then combine the character of this flower and grass with the truth, goodness, and beauty pursued by the human world, and then express it. This bamboo has a very high status in our poetry of the Chinese nation. Bamboo has no fragrance. If you smell a fresh air and fragrance, it will not have any fragrance when you smell it. But bamboo is very popular among Chinese literati. In the ideal world, it is given a high quality. From the "Book of Songs" we know that there is a poem praising it in "Wei Feng", which is the "Qi'ao" chapter. So he is praising a heroic figure, a Duke Wu of Wei who defended the Zhou Dynasty. He used bamboo to raise the wind. Use the entire growth process of bamboo to illustrate the entire (formation) process of a great personality. In the Jin Dynasty, there were seven great writers, called the "Seven Sages in the Bamboo Forest" because these seven sages lived in the bamboo forest. The bamboo forest was used to reflect the characters of the seven writers and the literary talent of the seven people. Lai attached to the bamboo, humanity and nature reflect each other. Chen Ziang used great enthusiasm to praise the festival of bamboo: "Spring trees". Trees in spring will flourish and die. Woody things will wither and flourish. But there is one thing that is different: "This joint will not wither." There is no concept of fading in the joints of bamboo. "First wish and gold and stone", what do I want? This section is with the metal and stone. Metal and stone will not be deformed, and this section will not be deformed either. "Keep it firm forever", this poem was written by the poet Chen Zi'ang. Mr. Mei Lanfang was born in the year of the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War. When Japan occupied Shanghai, he refused to sing in operas and grew a beard. He saw a painting on his wall, depicting bamboo, and wrote two sentences: "Dancing proudly in the wind" and "Embracing the bamboo with open arms", Holding the bamboo with an unyielding look is the kind of character that Mr. Mei Lanfang wants to imitate from the bamboo. The late great painter Jiang Zhaohe used a painting to express some of his pain, depression and resentment in the old society. This painting depicts a blind man holding a bamboo in his hand. The blind man relied on this bamboo to walk. After finishing the painting, he wrote a poem meaningfully, "Don't laugh at me for having no eyes." Don't laugh at me for having no eyes. "But with this bamboo, the world is dark." As the saying goes in the old society, "If you have eyes, how can I be like you?" If you have eyes, how can you compare to me? Because I still have a bamboo that is taking me along. There are puns in this one. One is a blind man coming out to use a bamboo; the other one explains the path that the painter is pursuing, which bamboo takes him to take. The path that the bamboo takes is a The noble path is one where the lines are very straight and have knots. It is a path with an open mind and a strong attitude. Painting bamboo in every era has the imprint of the painter's own spirit, and the imprint of his spirit is also the imprint of the times. For example, Zheng Banqiao, a famous bamboo painter in the Qing Dynasty, was an upright official and was very sympathetic to the suffering of the people. Therefore, he also showed this idea in his paintings of bamboo: there are only two or three pieces in a painting. Bamboo leaves, but the poem above gives the best interpretation of these two or three bamboo leaves: "I lie in the Yazhai and listen to the rustling bamboos, which are suspected to be the complaints of the people. These little Caozhou county officials, every branch and leaf are always related to love." .

"It means: I was resting in the yamen, and I heard the rustling of bamboo outside the window. It seemed that the people were complaining to me, but how could I solve so many problems for them as a county official in Xiaozhou? But even so , every bit of their suffering is connected to my heart. "Every branch and leaf is always related to feelings", this is a great saying. As an upright official with people-oriented thinking like Zheng Banqiao, he can understand the people's feelings through painting bamboo. The suffering is worth mentioning in history.

To sum up, a calligrapher and painter once told a foreign friend that bamboo is a plant that grows in the blood of Chinese people.

Then, it should not be difficult to understand Su Dongpo's poem: "It is better to eat without meat than live without bamboo. Without meat, one will be thin, without bamboo, one will be vulgar."