He is worth nearly 100 billion, all donated to the country free of charge, and he wants to live in a better ward in his later years, but it is chilling
Author: Cheng Ge's view of history
During the Republic of China period, China was experiencing a very complex revolutionary struggle, the peasant class living at the bottom was always running for their own livelihood, and people with lofty ideals in society were busy finding a way out for the development of the nation, so art and those engaged in art research did not receive due respect and attention during this period.
But this is only temporary, with the stability of society and the stability of people's lives, both the state and the public began to pay attention to art, and those who worked hard to protect national art, cultural relics, etc. in the war years also entered people's attention at this time, Zhang Boju is one of them, he donated his life's precious cultural relics to the Forbidden City after the founding of the Country.
Zhang Boju was born in a family of rich families during the Republic of China period, and was related to Yuan Shikai, the president of the Republic of China, and read books with several sons of the Yuan family when he was a child. It is precisely because of such a superior family background that he loves cultural relics collection and has enough strength to satisfy his hobbies, and his daily life is to go out to collect treasures in addition to studying his favorite calligraphy and paintings.
In modern times, many people engage in collection for investment and appreciation, but Zhang Boju is not, he really likes these old objects, and the cultural relics he collects are all very well preserved, even his own family can not touch it at will.
Zhang Boju likes cultural relics, but he does not always have enough money to buy them, but he can't control his desire to collect them, and every time he starts to sell the real estate in his hands, even if his relatives and friends are kind enough to persuade him, he can't stop him. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the secret service learned that his family was rich, so they kidnapped him and extorted money from his family, and he repeatedly told his family not to sell the collection, without the slightest regard for his own safety. It is precisely because of his persistence that many precious cultural relics of the Forbidden City that have been lost at that time have been preserved.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state cultural relics department began to collect cultural relics from the people, and Zhang Boju at this time did not hesitate to donate dozens of cultural relics that he exchanged with his life and all his wealth to the Palace Museum free of charge. Several of these calligraphy and painting cultural relics are extremely precious, and some people have auctioned and valued these cultural relics, which are close to hundreds of billions. With such valuable cultural relics, Zhang Boju did not use them to exchange for better material conditions for himself and his family, but dedicated them to the state, saying that national treasures should belong to the state, and personal collections are only a stopgap measure in special times.
Zhang Boju was ill and hospitalized in his later years, when his wife wanted to change him to a higher ward with better conditions, and the hospital saw that the two old men were simply dressed, and only said that you were not qualified! This incident was later made known to many people, and the relevant departments came forward to solve the problem of his ward. But the old man's original plan to clean and recuperate was also broken, and many people came to visit, to which he only said one word: Now people have drilled into the eyes of money.