Among the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou, Zheng Banqiao is the most famous. Some stories and legends of later generations made him and his paintings and calligraphy widely known. His paintings are mainly orchids and bamboo stones, while his calligraphy is mainly official and running scripts. What is this called? Six and a half books? , also called what? Banqiao body? . His eccentric calligraphy is mainly reflected in the following aspects. First of all, his calligraphy is a mixture of various styles. This method is one of the innovative means. Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy is a mixture of official script, seal script, regular script, running script and cursive script, and the font is mostly flat. In composition, cursive script is also mixed, which is more flexible than the specifications of sample script and official script.
Second, he is good at using a squat pen. Zeng Guofan also said when evaluating Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy: Banqiao made good use of squatting pen. Squat pen refers to the pen method of up and down strokes, which is a bit like a pen, but writing is lighter than a pen.
Third, the rules are more complicated, like paving streets with stones. In Zheng Banqiao's works, the fonts are staggered in size and close together. Coupled with the shade of pen and ink and the change of calligraphy style, the final situation of his works is patchwork, more natural and full of quaint aura, like a street paved with stones. His word size is Fiona Fang, and he is fat and thin. Although it looks messy, it also implies a certain rhythm, which is more ingenious and interesting.