New Bamboo
Fantastic China | 2023-08-14 | Views：6504
New Bamboo
by Zheng Xie
The new bamboo outgrows the old
Relying on the elder's selfless support.
Newcomers next year will rise still taller,
Hemming Phoenix Pool if joined together.
Zheng Xie (1693-1765), better known as Zheng Banqiao, was an artist from Jiangsu Province. He expressed himself through painting, noted for his rendering of orchid, bamboo, and rock. He was also a poet, and a calligrapher who created a new calligraphic style infuenced by his orchid paintings.
"Phoenix Pool" in the last line alludes to the imperial estate, being almost always vast.