郑板桥是清代著名的书画家。扬州城中的大盐商马程远亲自来到郑板桥的家,许诺千两白银求郑板桥的一幅字画,却被郑板桥一口回绝。为什么呢?原来郑板桥不喜欢结交马程远这样的豪绅富商,认为他们的钱财多是不义之财,往往是囤积居奇、压榨百姓得来的。这些豪绅富商就是出再多的钱请他作画,他也不干。而对那些穷苦平民,他非常同情,愿意和穷人来往,常拿钱周济他们,有 Zheng Banqiao is a famous painter in the Qing Dynasty. Yangzhou City, the great salt merchants Ma Chengyuan personally came to Zheng Banqiao’s home, promise thousands of silver for Zheng Banqiao a picture, but was a ban on Zheng Banqiao. Why? The original Banqiao Ban does not like to make Ma this far rich gentry, that their money is more injustice, often hoarding, squeezed people have come. These gentleman and rich merchants asked him to draw more money and he did not do it. And for those poor civilians, he is very sympathetic and willing to deal with the poor, often spend money on them, there are