260 years ago today, on December 12, 1765 (November 1, 1765 in the lunar calendar), Zheng Xie, a painter of the Qing Dynasty in China, passed away. On December 12, 1765, Zheng Xie passed away. Zheng Xie (1693.11.22~1765.12.12) was a painter, calligrapher, and litterateur of the Qing Dynasty in China. His name is Kerou, and his name is Banqiao. He was born in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province in 1693 and died in 1765. He is a scholar in Kangxi, a scholar in Yongzheng, and a scholar in Qianlong. He lives in Yangzhou and makes a living selling paintings. He is one of the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". His poems, books and paintings are known as the "Three Wonders" in the world. He is good at painting orchid and bamboo. According to Li Yufen's "A Review of the Painting and Calligraphy of Oubo Luo Shi", the "eight monsters" are Luo Pin, Li Fangying, Li Wei, Jin Nong, Huang Shen, Zheng Xie, Gao Xiang and Wang Shishen. In addition, Gao Fenghan, Bian Shoumin, Min Zhen, etc. have listed the "eight monsters" in various books. The opinions are very inconsistent. Nowadays, people choose the number of "eight", mostly according to Li Yufen. In Banqiao's ancestors, three generations were all scholars. His great-grandfather Xinwan was born to Xiang; his grandfather Qingzhi was a Confucian official; his father Liben, the word Lian, and Lin was born to him. Zheng Banqiao came from a poor intellectual family. He lost his mother when he was a child and was raised by his stepmother. When he was a boy, he studied from his hometown ancestor Lu Zhen. He was in his 20s and was a scholar. He was in the township examination in the tenth year of Yongzheng (1732), and passed the Jinshi in the first year of Qianlong (1736). For seven years, he served as the magistrate of Fan County, Shandong Province. One year later, he was transferred to Weixian County. In 13th year, Emperor Qianlong Hongli toured the east to Mount Tai. He was a history of calligraphy and painting. Eighteen years later, he was dismissed from office because he asked for relief for offending a major official. The seals and seals commonly used in his paintings and calligraphy are: "Kangxi Scholar, Yongzheng Scholar, Qianlong Scholar","Qianlong History of Painting and Calligraphy in the East","Seven Grade Official Ear", etc., which can be said to be a record of his life. Zheng Xie has talents in government, hates the corrupt style of officialdom, and sympathizes with the people at the bottom. The first two years of his tenure in Weixian County coincided with a major famine in Shandong, and the tragic scene of "people cannibalism" emerged. Zheng Xie took emergency measures and used official warehouses to lend food to hungry people without applying for approval from his superiors. After autumn, the disaster was still severe. He burned all loan vouchers, adopted a work-for-relief method, built cities and dug ponds, and attracted victims from far and far to work for food; Large households in the city were ordered to open factories to cook porridge and to sell and store grain in homes where grain was stored, so that the hungry people could survive the famine. However, these measures violated the interests of the wealthy and corrupt officials and were falsely accused of dismissal. When he left Weixian County, he had nothing but a few volumes of books. The people lamented and retained him, and even built a living temple for him. Zheng Xie has a broad-minded character and does not care about trivial matters. He likes to talk loudly and criticize people. At that time, it was called "crazy" and "strange". After being dismissed from office, he lived in Yangzhou and made a living selling paintings.