“扬州八怪”是指清代乾隆年间活动于扬州一带的郑板桥、金农、罗聘、黄慎、高翔、李禅、汪士慎、李方膺八人。他们究竟“怪”在哪里呢?他们对当时盛行于官场的卑污、奸恶、趋炎附势、奉承等作风深恶痛绝。八人中除郑板桥、李禅、李方膺做过小小的知县外,其他人均至死不愿做官 “Yangzhou Eight Weiguai” refers to eight people who were active in Yangzhou during the Qian Long period of Qing Dynasty: Zheng Banqiao, Jin Nong, Luo Ying, Huang Shen, Gao Xiang, Li Zen, Wang Shishen, and Li Fangyu. Where are they “strange”? They are deeply detested for their prevailing style of officialdom, such as shame, sin, inflammatory, and flattery. Of the eight people except Zheng Banqiao, Li Chan, and Li Fangyu who had done a small county, other people were unwilling to serve as officials.