Zheng Banqiao, also known as Feishan and also known as Meixi, was a famous calligrapher and painter in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. He was born into a scholarly family and loved calligraphy and painting since childhood. Later, he began to study under the tutelage of many famous masters, constantly honed his skills, and eventually became a legendary calligrapher and painter.
Zheng Banqiao's life trajectory
Boyhood
Zheng Banqiao was born in a scholarly family and loved calligraphy and painting since childhood. He often painted in the garden at home, or followed his father to the bookstore to select books. His father was very supportive of his learning of calligraphy and painting and often bought him drawing paper, pens, ink and other supplies.
Learn from a teacher
Zheng Banqiao is very smart and quickly learned basic calligraphy and painting skills. But he knew that he still had many shortcomings, so he began to learn from his teachers. He studied under many famous masters, constantly honed his skills, and eventually became a legendary calligrapher and painter.
The road to fame
Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy and painting works are deeply loved by people, and his reputation is growing. His paintings have a unique style, full of poetry and philosophy, and are known as "paintings within poems, poetry within paintings". His calligraphy is also very good and he is known as "the best in cursive writing".
Late life
In his later years, Zheng Banqiao still insisted on painting, but his health gradually deteriorated. He passed away from this world at the age of sixty-seven. His paintings and calligraphy works are treasured by people to this day and have become treasures of Chinese culture.