Dong Bangda

Dong Bangda

Dong Bangda (1696-1769) was an official and painter in Qing Dynasty. Fucun, Zhengcun, Dongshan, feiwen, Zhejiang Fuyang people. In the 11th year of Yongzheng, he was a Jinshi, and in the 2nd year of Qianlong, he was an editor. In the end, he was a minister of rites, and his posthumous title was Wenke. Good calligraphy, painting, seal, Li get the ancient law, landscape law, Yuan people, good use of dry pen. Its style is between Loudong school and Yushan school. Together with Dong Yuan and Dong Qichang, they are called "three directors".

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Dong Bangda paid tribute in the first year of Yongzheng (1723). In the seventh year, the local examination was conducted in the Chinese style. Recommended by Li Tingyi, the Minister of the Ministry of punishment, he walked in the household department as a small capital official of seven grades.

Eleven years into Jinshi, change Shu Ji Shi. In the second year of Qianlong's reign (1737), the museum broke up and was awarded the title of editor. The next year, Shaanxi Province was examined.

In the sixth year, Chong Shuntian tried to be an examiner, and then he was ordered to work in the inner court. In order to teach them, they were appointed as officials, officials, and officials. Then they went to study in Zhinan.

In the 12th year, he was awarded the title of cabinet bachelor and Minister of rites. In October, he was returned by his mother.

In the spring of the fourteenth year, before he was served, he ordered him to enter the imperial court and serve him as an official.

In the 15th year, he moved to the Ministry of rites, the right minister, the Department of work, the Department of officials, and became an official.

18 years, presided over Jiangxi provincial examination. Since then, he has been on patrol for many times, serving as an official in the imperial examination, lecturing at the banquet and the president of the martial arts examination. He has been awarded the imperial censor Zuo Du of the Imperial Academy, the Bachelor of the Imperial Academy, the Minister of the Ministry of industry, the Minister of rites, and the Ministry of industry. He has been given a ride in the Forbidden City.

Thirty four years, I beg for rest. In July of the same year, he was given a sacrifice and burial for his illness and death. His posthumous title was Wen Ke. The tomb, located in Xindian Village, Xintong Township, Fuyang, is now a cultural relic protection unit at the county level. He is good at painting. Zhuanli is ancient and simple, and most of the people who are famous for their mountains and rivers use dry brush, which is magnificent and unique. Emperor Qianlong wrote a lot about it. On the 24th of December, 1758, Bangda and Cao Xueqin, the author of a dream of Red Mansions, met in duncheng's family to talk about Zhu's paintings. It was as if they had met at first sight. They once signed and wrote a preface for Cao's "South Yao and North kite kaogong Zhi", which is a good story. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, Qian Weicheng and Zeng Weicheng were famous painters. Dong Gao, the eldest son of Dong Bangda, is also a famous painter.

Dual identity

Dong Bangda has a dual identity: an official and a painter. As an official, Dong Bangda has a brilliant career and great honor. Judging from Dong Bangda's life experience, he took the road of imperial examination. As a senior high school scholar, he was an official of the imperial court. He was busy with official business, so painting could only be dong Bangda's "sideline", so he was not a professional painter. As a painter, Dong Bangda was really good at it, especially famous for landscape painting. He was a famous painter at that time. His style of painting is far from the "four schools of Yuan Dynasty" (Huang Gongwang, Wu Zhen, Ni Zan, Wang Meng), and near to the "four kings of early Qing Dynasty" (Wang Shimin, Wang Jian, Wang Hui, Wang Yuanqi). His works are light and elegant, and his brushwork is light and elegant.

As Dong Bangda was a high-ranking official, he was also good at landscape painting, and the emperor also appreciated his painting skills. Therefore, among his many popular works, some of them belonged to "Chen Zi Kuan", which was specially painted for the emperor. From the perspective of Qing Dynasty paintings, there are a large number of "Chen Zi" paintings, but the status of "Chen Zi" painters is quite different. There are not only "Jinzhiyuye" clan, but also prominent officials, but also low status professional painters dedicated to the court. Among Dong Bangda's existing works, there are many paintings with "minister's character". However, the axis of this painting is "painted by Dong Bangda", and the character "minister" is not in front of the name, which indicates that this painting was not painted by the emperor. From other paintings, we can know that the person who was painted by this painting is not a layman, and should belong to the nobility of "Prince" and "Princess". As for the specific person, it is impossible to make a detailed investigation.

Appreciation of calligraphy and painting

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