在中国历史上,17世纪中叶到18世纪中叶这一百多年期间,国内民族矛盾淡化,经济日益发达,在这一百多年间封建经济发展到了一个新的高度,历史上称为“康乾盛世”。在盛世下的扬州聚集了一批这样的画家,他们个性鲜明、立意创新,他们的艺术风格独具特色,接近生活,突破传统,他们被人称之为“八怪”。扬州人讽刺那些相貌怪异、丑陋的人为“丑八怪”。但笔者认为这里的“八怪”并没有讽刺他们的意思,而指的是他们在艺术创作中的标新立异。有关“扬州八怪”中的“八”字,说法众多。如在清代学者 In Chinese history, during the one hundred-plus years from the middle of the 17th century to the middle of the 18th century, the contradictions among ethnic groups in China were gradually deepened and the economy was increasingly developed. During this period of over one hundred years, the feudal economy had reached a new height. Historically, Dry prosperity “. In the prosperous Yangzhou gathered a group of such painters, their distinctive personality, innovative conception, their unique artistic style, close to life, breaking the tradition, they are known as ”eight strange “. Yangzhou ironic those who look weird, ugly people ”ugly bizarre “. However, I think the ”odd“ here does not ironically mean what they mean, but rather their unconventional artistic creation. About ”Yangzhou eight strange “ in the ”eight " word, many say. As scholars in the Qing Dynasty