Poetry, calligraphy and painting are known as the Three Wonders.
Zheng Banqiao resigned and returned home in his later years. At this time, Zheng Banqiao was already very famous, so his good friend Li Xiaocun gave him a couplet: "Three unique poems, calligraphy and painting; one official return Come and go”. This is the origin of Zheng Banqiao's three unique skills. It can be said that the description of this couplet is very appropriate, so it was approved by people at the time and has been passed down.
Zheng Banqiao has very high attainments in the three aspects of poetry, calligraphy and painting. He can be called a master in any one aspect, and he is very strong in all three aspects, so it is reasonable to be called the Three Wonders. . Zheng Banqiao (November 22, 1693 - January 22, 1766), whose original name was Zheng Xie, also named Kerou, also known as Li'an, also known as Banqiao, was known as Mr. Banqiao. He was a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu, and his ancestral home was Suzhou.
Introduction to the life of Zheng Banqiao
A scholar of Kangxi, a scholar in the tenth year of Yongzheng, and a Jinshi in the first year of Qianlong (1736). He was the magistrate of Fan County and Weixian County in Shandong Province. He had outstanding political achievements. He later lived in Yangzhou and made a living by selling paintings. He was an important representative of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". Zheng Banqiao is good at painting orchids, bamboos, stones, pine, chrysanthemums, etc., and he has made the most outstanding achievements in painting orchids and bamboos for more than 50 years. He borrowed his methods from Xu Wei, Shi Tao, and the Eight Great Masters, and developed his own method.
And he has a sparse appearance and a strong style. Gong calligraphy uses Han Bafen mixed with regular cursive and calls itself Six and a Half Fen calligraphy. And integrate calligraphy into painting. He advocated inheriting the tradition and learning seven out of ten, discarding three, not adhering to ancient methods, and paying attention to the originality of art and the diversity of styles. The saying is that before painting, do not establish a frame, and after painting, do not leave a frame, which still has reference for today. significance.