Zheng Banqiao, whose real name is Kerou, whose name is Lian and whose name is Banqiao, is called Mr Banqiao. He is a native of Xinghua, Jiangsu, and his ancestral home is Suzhou. Scholars, painters, representatives of "Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou" in Qing Dynasty. In the first year of Qianlong (1736), he was a scholar, and served as Fan County and wei county, Shandong Province, with remarkable achievements.
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Zheng Banqiao only painted orchids, bamboos and stones in his life, which is known as "orchids that never fade in four seasons, bamboos that never fall for a hundred days, and invincible stones that never change". His poems, paintings and calligraphy, known as the "three wonders" in the world, are more representative literati painters in the Qing Dynasty. His representative works include Zhuxiu Novelty, Guangqing Liu Zhao, Zhu Lan Fang Xin, Gangu Juquan, Cong Lan Ci, and Zheng Banqiao Collection.
Judging from his 23-year-old Ode to Autumn Songs by Ouyang Xiu and his 30-year-old Poem of Xiao Zhuan, Banqiao learned books from Ou Yangxun in his early years. Its neat and beautiful font is related to the neat and charming pavilion style prevailing in the book world at that time, and it is the standard font for selecting candidates in the imperial examination. In this regard, Zheng Banqiao once said: "The flies stop too evenly, fearing that the book will damage the spirit." After becoming a scholar at the age of 40, I seldom write again.