The author of Zheng Banqiao's poems, calligraphy and paintings is Zheng Banqiao.
Zheng Banqiao, an outstanding calligrapher, painter and writer in the Qing Dynasty. Ming Xie, courtesy name Kerou, alias Banqiao, was born in Xinghua, Jiangsu.
Zheng Banqiao was born on November 22, 1693 and died on January 22, 1765, at the age of 72. He was a Kangxi scholar in the imperial examination, and was elected in the tenth year of Yongzheng. In the first year of Qianlong (1736), Bingchenke Second Class Jinshi. He was the magistrate of Fanxian County and Weixian County in Shandong Province. There was a political saying that he "asked for relief for the people because of the yearly hunger. He disobeyed the officials and begged for illness." Before and after he became an official, he lived in Yangzhou and made a living by painting and calligraphy. He is good at poetry and lyrics, good at calligraphy and painting. Poems disdain idioms. He is good at painting flowers, wood and rocks, especially orchids and bamboos. The beauty of the orchid leaf is painted with burnt ink, borrowed from the cursive script, with the vertical strokes in the middle, and the long strokes to transport it. More is not chaotic, less is not sparse, and it breaks away from the customs of the time, and is extremely beautiful. The book is also unique, with half official and regular script, and is called "six-and-a-half-point book". He also practiced painting during the period. The seal writing force is simple and ancient, and the writing is simple and elegant. He was an unruly man. He selected county magistrates as Jinshi, wrote poems and wines about daily affairs, and transferred Wei County. He asked for relief for the people because of the famine. He disobeyed the officials and returned home. He lived in Yangzhou and gained a great reputation. Indulge in the mountains and rivers, and take a drunken countryside tour with poets and wild monks. At that time, he wrote about Cong Lan and Skinny Stone in the lounge and on the wall of the monks, and wrote random sentences, which made the viewers marvel. Author of "The Complete Works of Banqiao", engraved in handwriting. The paintings he sold were well-educated and were praised for a while. He is one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". His poetry, calligraphy and painting are known as the "Three Wonders" in the world, and he is good at painting orchid and bamboo. Zheng Xie painted the most bamboos in his life, followed by orchids and stones, but he also painted pine and chrysanthemums. He was a relatively representative literati painter in the Qing Dynasty. His representative painting is "Orchid and Bamboo". Zheng Xie (November 22, 1693 - January 22, 1766), "Xie" pronounced as xiè, courtesy name Kerou, also known as Banqiao or Banqiao Taoist, was a native of Daduo, Xinghua, Jiangsu. His ancestral home was Suzhou. He was an official and scholar of the Qing Dynasty. , calligrapher. One of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". His poems, calligraphy and paintings are all unique and unique, and he is known as the "Three Wonders" in the world. He is good at painting orchids, bamboos, stones, pine, chrysanthemums and other plants. Among them, he has been painting bamboo for more than 50 years, and his achievements are the most outstanding. Author of "The Complete Works of Banqiao".