Cao Hongxun: (1848- 19 10) Zhong Ming, Lansheng. Shandong Weixian (now Weicheng District, Weifang City, Shandong Province) people. In the second year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1876), he was the top scholar and was awarded the revised title. Good at calligraphy, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, Donghuamen, Xihuamen and Dashilan all have his ink.