Lin Peng (1928–2021)
Lin Peng, formerly known as Zhang Dechen, later changed to Lin Peng, and then went to the world under his name. The word 翮凤, the number Mengzhai, Xiawu Mountain, etc. After transferring to Shanxi in 1958, he served as the chairman of the Shanxi Branch of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, a director of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, and a member of the Creative Review Committee. Before his death, he successively served as a director of the China Book Association, a member of the creative review committee of the China Book Association, the chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Book Association, and the honorary chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Book Association. His published works include "On the Book of Danya", "Reading The Book of Mengzhai", "Lin Peng Calligraphy", "Mengzhai Seal Words", "Complete Collection of Chinese Calligraphy , Fu Shan Scrolls" and the long historical novel "Xianyang Palace".
Mr. Lin Peng is good at cursive writing, especially continuous grass. In his view, the wild cursive pen and ink are in disarray, full of paper clouds and smoke, wide open and closed, and painful and happy, which is the highest realm of calligraphy. Cursive writing cannot be ruled, but there are also requirements for art itself, "it must be a Chinese character (referring to a written word), it must have been written in this way by previous people (referring to the knot of the word), it must be self-explanatory, and it must have an impact on the viewer, a sense of freshness, and a sense of beauty." ”
"Little Eight Road" calligrapher Lin Peng
Text/Yao Guojin
The famous writer Zhou Zongqi is writing a biography of Mr. Lin Peng. During the chat, I said that Elder Lin's life can be divided into three stages, one is revolutionary ideals and experiences, the other is the discrepancies and tribulations of the "Cultural Revolution", and the third is ideological and cultural reflection. Mr. Zhou's biography may be much more detailed, but I just want to emphasize that without the revolutionary ideals and experiences, the discrepancies and tribulations of the "Cultural Revolution", it would be impossible to have the later ideological and cultural reflection, and it would be impossible to have today's thinker Lin Peng.
Speaking of Mr. Lin's revolutionary experience, we must start from the 1940s. Mr. Lin Peng's original name was Zhang Dechen, which was later changed to Lin Peng, and the word Was feng. During the war years, it was famous and was known as the Lin clan. Born in 1928 on the first lunar month, he was born in Yi County, Hebei Province. He joined the revolution in 1941 and joined the Communist Party of China in 1944. He once served as a propaganda officer of the Political Department of the First Sub-district of Jin-Cha-Ji and the Division, a field reporter of the Sixty-fifth Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the editor-in-chief of a newspaper. He participated in the Five Campaigns of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. I once asked Mr. Lin about his motivation and post-revolutionary ideals for participating in the revolution, and he said: "First, for the independence and liberation of the nation and to resist the Japanese aggressors, and second, to build an independent, free, democratic, prosperous and strong new China." This was not only the ideal of Mr. Lin and other revolutionaries of the older generation, but the slogan of the Communists at that time to propagate the revolution and incite the people. He is the enthusiastic young man who threw himself into the revolution under this inspiration.
A few years ago, he began to write some memories of the revolutionary war years and people and events, and shanxi literature published an article entitled "Anti-Japanese Heroes Who Cannot Be Publicized", which is the story of Fan Jintang, a county brigade leader in Jinchaji during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Later, this article was reprinted by The Reader and widely disseminated. In fact, Mr. Lin's articles on the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the War of Liberation, and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea are really quite numerous, and the appendix to the Pingdanzha "Nanguan touren" recounts the heroic deeds of the anti-Japanese hero Li Junyu, the son of Li Fengge, a squire in his village. These will be included in his forthcoming collection of essays.
In 1958, Mr. Lin Peng transferred to Shanxi and served as the secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Personnel Bureau. In 1971, after the "913" incident, he was liberated and served as the deputy head of the cadre group of the business group of the Shanxi Provincial Revolutionary Committee, contributing to the liberation of some old cadres. After the "Cultural Revolution", Mr. Li was wrongly isolated and censored for a while, but it was later found that there was a person with the same name who was confused, and he was lifted. At the end of 1978, he was appointed as the director of the Science and Technology Division of the Light Industry Department of Shanxi Province, and the director of the Personnel and Labor Management Department. But he put more energy into reading and thinking. He said in "Pingdanzha": "My youth was dedicated to the revolutionary war, and I did not go to school, so I was anxious to read books. Speaking of reading books, the bookstore was empty at that time, and I couldn't find the books I should read. Fortunately, in the past, the provincial party committee, the provincial government, the provincial CPPCC committee, and the Museum of Culture and History each had their own small libraries, and there were very few readers, so I relied on these. "As for the way of reading, I first attacked the Shuowen, and then attacked the Qin Zhuzi first. That's what my teacher told me, and that's what I did, for thirty years. ”
The teacher mr. Lin is talking about here is Sun Gongyan, a native of Haining, Zhejiang, whose character is Xuanchang. Exegetician. He was the editor of the People's Education Publishing House. In 1957, he was beaten to the right and sent to Shanxi. After Mr. Lin transferred to the Shanxi Personnel Bureau, he once managed the right faction and became acquainted with Sun Gongyan, Wang Ying and others. He was touched by Sun Gongyan's knowledge, often consulted privately, sun often pointed out to him, and he also took Sun as his teacher until later. Mr. Lin was also influenced by Mr. Zhang Hao, focusing on the role of philology. However, Mr. Zhang's strength is evidence, and Mr. Lin's strength is micro. Mr. Lin's books are not only extensive and extensive, but also focused on thinking. From the mid-1980s onwards, he successively wrote "Danya Book Theory", "Mengzhai Reading Secretary", "Pingdanzha" and the historical novel "Xianyang Palace". To this end, Liu Shaoxian, the political commissar of a certain base, his old chief, said with a sigh: "You have read the book and written the book. Lin Peng, who is like you. There are more people like you, who are like you..." Yes, a small eight-way, a small eight-way who has not studied much, has written one academic book after another.
The Treatise on the Book of Danya is an academic monograph on Fu Shan. Fu Shan was not only a relic of the early Qing Dynasty, but also a thoughtful scholar and calligrapher in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Through that era, Mr. Lin not only revealed Fu Shan's righteous character, but also praised his integrity. At the same time, the source, evolution and main characteristics of Fu Shan's artistic style are also expounded. Mr. Lin is not only a researcher of the history of calligraphy, but also a practitioner of the art of calligraphy. He was good at big grass, starting from the "Ge Ti", next to Zhang Xu and Huai Su, and looking at Wang Duo and Fu Shan, forming an imposing style of big grass. His cursive writing is twisted and turned freely, the knots are vertical and horizontal, and the chapters are natural and smooth, which is unique.
Despite this, Mr. Lin still advocates that kung fu is outside the book. There is a statement in the "Danya Shushu Mengzhai Shushu": "Although calligraphy also includes some techniques, techniques, techniques and other things, they account for a very small proportion in the creation of calligraphy art. There is a way to enter, but not to get out. The Fa is from the Way to the Non-Existent, and there is the Fa to the Point of Inability. Compared with the small family, their difference is not in the technique. Those who stick to the technique, show off the technique, or even tirelessly advocate the technique, will always be a small family. They have nothing but techniques. In the end, even their so-called techniques are stiff, stale, and intolerable. So, Mr. Lin said, "If you want to become a real calligrapher, you have to first become a cultural person." If you want to be a real cultural person, there is no other way but to read. ”
Mr. Lin is 83 years old this year, he is still reading, writing articles, and calligraphy. He is not only a man, but also a hard-working and self-motivated person, which is the spirit of the old eighth road, the character of an old eighth road. Judging from Mr. Lin's ideological trajectory, what is important is not only to lay the foundation of the revolution, but also to realize the ideals of the Communists at that time, so that the Chinese nation will become more independent, free, democratic, and prosperous.
(Originally published in the Fine Arts Newspaper on July 2, 2011, with deletions here)
Appreciation of Lin Peng's works
Vertical scroll 232×52cm on paper
Lens on paper 232×52cm
Lens on paper 249×62cm
Source: Fine Arts Newspaper