Zheng Banqiao's Calligraphy Study

Zheng Banqiao was the famous calligrapher and artist in the middle of Qing danasty . He was one of the eight monsters in Yang zhou and enjoyed the fame of being the master to prose , poem and draw in the history . Through his whole life , Zheng went through bitter experience: selling pictures, being a stateman, and selling pictures again .He created his calligraphy Ban Qiao style, on the basis of the traditon. This article tries to introduce and expound the following five aspects very thoroughly and deeplyrthey are:the information of Zheng banqiao's life ;the cause of the form of Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy; the art view of Zheng Banqiao; the influence and the position of Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy, zheng's view towards art includs: to work hard for the people, to adjust his calligraphy to people, to express his feelings directly through calligraphy, to be particular etc. The reasons for forming his artist style are: to appear in the artist world without much experience, to be an unexperienced merchant in Yang Zhou, to be one of the eight monsters in Yang Zhou , to travel extensively , to become his own finally . The artist style of Zheng is special , natural and refreshing . He is the famous figure in the Chinese histroy and has profound effects on the Chinese histroy .