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Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou



Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou (揚州八怪 / 扬州八怪) (Ba Guai: Hànyǔ pinyin for "Eight weird") is the name for a group of eight Chinese painters known in the Qing for rejecting the orthodox ideas about painting in favor of a style deemed expressive and individualist.



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