扬州八怪中的郑板桥,在未到扬州之前,先住在苏州。他在苏州城桃花巷东头开了一家画寓,以卖画为生。在桃花巷的西头,也有一家画寓,画寓的主人名叫吕子敬。吕子敬擅长画梅花,他标榜自己画的梅花是“远看花影动,近闻有花香”。那意思是说,他画得如同真梅花一样。郑板桥自从来到苏州,画些竹子,也画些花羽鳞介和山水,就是不画梅花。郑板桥对外言称:这 Zheng Banqiao in Yangzhou Baeksang, lived in Suzhou before arriving in Yangzhou. He opened a painting apartment in Tacheon, Taoyuan, Suzhou, to sell paintings for a living. In the west of Peach Blossom Lane, there is also a painting apartment, painted apartment owner named Lizi Jing. Lv Zijing is good at drawing plum, he advertised his own plum blossom is “far from the flower shadow movement, smell the smell of flowers ”. That means, he painted like a plum blossom. Zheng Banqiao since came to Suzhou, draw some bamboo, but also to draw some flower feather scales and landscape, that is, do not draw plum. Zheng Banqiao said: this