The three great ghosts of the Qing Dynasty were Ji Xiaolan, Yuan Mei and Zheng Banqiao.

Ji Xiaolan, a writer and official in the Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty was given the posthumous title of "Wenda" because he was "sensitive, eager to learn, and able to write essays, and taught him how to do everything in politics" (an inscription given by Emperor Jiaqing).

Yuan Mei, whose courtesy name was Zicai and whose nickname was Jianzhai, later became known as Cangshan layman, master of Suiyuan, and old man of Suiyuan.

A native of Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), his ancestral home is Cixi, Zhejiang.

Representative poets, essayists, literary critics and gourmets during the Qianjia and Qing Dynasties.

Zheng Banqiao, formerly known as Zheng Xie, also known as Kerou, also known as Li'an, also known as Banqiao, known as Mr. Banqiao, was a native of Xinghua, Taizhou, Jiangsu, and his ancestral home was Suzhou.

Calligraphers, painters, and writers of the Qing Dynasty.