Zheng Xie (1693～1765), courtesy name Kerou, alias Banqiao, was born in Xinghua (now part of Jiangsu Province). The regular script written by Zheng Xie claims to be "six-and-a-half-point calligraphy", which can integrate the four styles of calligraphy. "Guochao Lipin" said: "Zheng Banqiao is like a drunken husband who scolds his seat, and has no ministers."
Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy characteristic is "six and a half scripts". Simply put, it is a kind of calligraphy between regular script and regular script. The calligraphy between Li and Cao, and integrating painting into it. According to Zheng Xie's own account, he failed in studying poetry and turned to calligraphy. When he failed to learn calligraphy well, he turned to painting. The calligraphy is learned from the Han and Wei Dynasties, Cui Cai Zhongyao, the ancient stele is broken, and the pursuit is deliberately pursued. Volume 3 of Li Yu's "A Bibliographic Examination of Calligraphy and Paintings in the Ou Bo Luo Chamber" said this about Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy: "Imitating "The Crane Inscription" and Huang Lu Zhi, it means dividing the calligraphy, and it is used in painting to draw bamboo orchids." Official script It is the so-called "fenshu", also known as "eight-and-a-half-shu". There are more official scripts than regular scripts, and the divided scripts are blended into regular scripts, so it is called "six-and-a-half-shu". Another characteristic of "Six and a Half Minutes Book" is its strong painting style. Zheng Banqiao himself once said that painting bamboo requires the same style as calligraphy, and bamboo should pay more attention to shades and density. You must know that painting is as good as calligraphy, and orchids and bamboos are as natural as grass. Therefore, there are many paintings in his "six and a half books".