The pronunciation of Xie is xiè, which means harmony and harmony.
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Zheng Banqiao (November 22, 1693 - January 22, 1766), formerly known as Zheng Xie, also named Kerou, also named Li'an, also known as Banqiao , known as Mr. Banqiao, is from Xinghua, Jiangsu, and his ancestral home is Suzhou. Calligraphers, painters, and writers of the Qing Dynasty.
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. The method was borrowed from Xu Wei, Shi Tao, and the Eight Great Masters, and became its own method, with a sparse appearance and a vigorous style. Gong calligraphy uses Han Bafen mixed with regular cursive and calls itself Six and a Half Fen calligraphy. And integrate calligraphy into painting.
Advocates inheriting the tradition and learning seven things, discarding three, not adhering to ancient methods, paying attention to the originality of art and the diversity of styles. As the saying goes, before painting, do not establish a pattern, and after painting, do not leave any The style still has reference significance today. The poems are sincere and interesting, and are loved by the people. It can also cure seals.
Zheng Banqiao’s calligraphy uses official script mixed with regular script. He calls himself “Six and a Half Calligraphy” and is known as “Banqiao Style”. Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy art, which mostly uses orchids, grass, bamboo and stone, is his soul, is unique in the history of Chinese calligraphy.
It can be inferred from "Ouyang Xiu's Ode to Autumn Sound in Small Regular script" written when he was 23 years old and "Zhi Shi in small regular script" written when he was 30 years old that Banqiao started learning calligraphy from Ouyang Xun in his early years. The font is neat and elegant, but a little restrained: this is related to the neat and elegant Guange style that was prevalent in the calligraphy world at that time, and it was used as the standard font for imperial examinations.
In this regard, Zheng Banqiao once said: "If your regular script is too uniform, it will damage your soul if you work hard for a long time." After he became a Jinshi at the age of 40, he rarely wrote anymore. Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy is most praised for his "six-and-a-half-point script", which is a unique "Banqiao style" that uses "Han Bafen" (a type of official script) mixed with regular script, running script and cursive script.