Former Vice Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association,
Former Chairman of Shanghai Calligraphers Association,
Well-known calligrapher Zhou Huijun
On the morning of December 27, 2021
He died peacefully in Shanghai at the age of 83
According to the surging news, today (December 27) at 10:48 a.m., the Zhou Huijun Calligraphy Art Museum released the news of Mr. Zhou Huijun's death.
Zhou Huijun, born in 1939, is a native of Zhenhai, Zhejiang. He once served as the vice chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, the fourth and fifth chairman of the Shanghai Calligraphers Association, the vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, the consultant of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, the honorary chairman of the Shanghai Calligraphers Association, the librarian of the Shanghai Museum of Literature and History, the national first-class artist, and enjoyed the special government allowance issued by the State Council.
In 2014, he won the 5th "Chinese Calligraphy Lanting Award - Lifetime Achievement Award" and the 6th Shanghai "Literature and Art Award - Outstanding Contribution Award".
In 2019, he won the 7th Shanghai Literature and Art Award - Lifetime Achievement Award.
▲ Zhou Huijun Lin", Song Gaoling Temple Monument, 1986
▲ Zhou Enlai's poems were written by Zhou Huijun in 1979
Zhou Huijun had a great influence in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1974, the Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House planned to publish a poster for the majority of calligraphy enthusiasts. At this time, Shen Yinmo, Weng Minyun, Hu Wensui and other calligraphy masters of the older generation have either passed away, or the "side" has not been lifted, where to find high-level calligraphers? The editor of the Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House later found Zhou Huijun.
Zhou Huijun spent two months to respectfully complete the binding of the plain, ochre red cover of the "Xingshu Character Post - Lu Xun Poetry Selection", this post is elegant and correct, the pen is healthy and free, especially with the scholars at that time to have spiritual resonance, quickly popular throughout the country. In the short years that followed, more than a dozen editions were printed, setting an unprecedented record for the total number of copies printed in more than one million copies.
▲ Zhou Huijun in 2003
The disease that accompanied Zhou Huijun's life was rheumatoid arthritis that she had suffered from since she was a child, and she had sought medical treatment and tried her best for this disease. In the years when Zhou Huijun was the president of the Shanghai Book Association, her rheumatoid arthritis was getting worse.
Even so, when Zhou Huijun introduced the situation of the hospital and doctors to her friends, she was still "calm as if she was telling about other people's illnesses." "It seems to be the most extraordinary, but it is easy but difficult." It is quite appropriate to use this poem to describe Zhou Huijun's calligraphic pursuits.
However, the delicate relationship between this arduous wonder and his book is difficult to grasp. In the years when he should have enjoyed his old age easily, Zhou Huijun's exploration of calligraphy has not stopped.
As for the origin of the name of the old text "Calligraphy", she said: "When I am old, I have many ideas, I am more and more dissatisfied with my works, and I always feel that I can write better, but my mental, physical strength, and ideological strength have declined." ...... You know how to change, but you don't know how to change, you can't break through, this is the so-called 'calligraphy journey', this 'suffering' accompanies people for life. ”
▲ Zhou Huijun
According to Zhou Huijun's students, just twenty days ago, Mr. Zhou Huijun just spent his birthday, and also published the book "Zhou Huijun on Art and Literature" under the auspices of his disciples.
The departure of a generation of calligraphy masters is regrettable
Mr. Zhou Huijun has gone all the way!
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