His life can be divided into five stages: "studying and teaching", selling paintings in Yangzhou, "being an official, being an official, being an official in Shandong, and selling paintings in Yangzhou. Kangxi was a scholar, Yongzheng was a juren, and the first year of Qianlong was a scholar.
Zheng Banqiao was born in 1693,165438+1October 22nd, and died in1765,65438+1October 22nd, at the age of 72. He should be the top scholar in Kangxi Imperial Examination, a juren in the tenth year of Yongzheng, and a scholar in the second year of Qianlong (1736). Officials in Fanxian County and Weixian County in Shandong Province have a political voice, "Please ask for help for the 20-year-old hungry people, take care of the big officials, and then beg for illness." Before and after becoming an official, they all lived in Yangzhou. Make a living by painting and calligraphy. Poetry, words, good books and good paintings. Poetry despises idioms. He is good at drawing flowers, wood and stones, especially orchids and bamboo. The beauty of orchid leaves is reflected in Jiao Mo's brushwork. The cursive script stands upright and has a long fortune. More but not messy, less but not sparse, it is absolutely beautiful to use. Books are also unique, with mixed official texts and sample books, calling themselves "six and a half books". Sometimes it is done through painting. The brushwork of the seal is simple and ancient. As a free and uninhibited person, he chose the county magistrate by Jinshi, made poetry and wine for daily affairs, and transferred to Wei County. At the age of 20, he pleaded for the people because of hunger, went home after the strike and lived in Yangzhou, which made him famous. Indulge in the mountains and rivers and have a drunken hometown tour with poets and savages. When writing about the thin stone of the jungle and the monk wall in the lounge, the viewer will sigh. He wrote The Complete Works of Banqiao, a calligraphy engraving. The paintings he sold were polished and circulated for a while. As one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", his poems, books and paintings are praised as "three wonders" and he is good at painting Zhu Lan. Zheng Xie painted bamboo the most in his life, followed by orchids and stones, but he also painted pines and chrysanthemums. He is a representative literati painter in Qing Dynasty, and his masterpiece is Lanzhu Map. Zheng Xie (1693165438+1October 22nd-1766 65438+1October 22nd), pronounced "Xie", was born in Banqiao, a Taoist priest in Banqiao. One of the eight eccentrics in Yangzhou. His poems, books and paintings are outstanding and independent, and he is known as the "three wonders" in the world. He is good at painting orchids, bamboos, stones, pines, chrysanthemums and other plants, among which bamboo painting has been more than 50 years and his achievements are the most outstanding. Author of Complete Works of Banqiao.