On the morning of December 27
Famous calligrapher Zhou Huijun
He died peacefully at home in Shanghai
He died on December 31, 2012 at the age of 8
"I'm lucky
Chose calligraphy as a lifelong career"
From an early age, he developed rheumatoid arthritis
And Zhou Huijun, who suffered deeply
Associated with calligraphy
As if destined
Zhou Huijun learned to write at an early age
At the beginning, I learned the beautiful Zhao Mengfu
But she fell in love with the vigorous rice
Later, she was subjected
Shen Yinmo, Bai Banana, Gong Delin, etc
The influence of a group of calligraphers has gradually entered a better state
The 1960s
Onset due to rheumatoid arthritis
Zhou Huijun had to recuperate at home
Living in a bucket room, poor and sick
Every day, I can only "write with my sick arm and wrist hanging"
She fights against fate with calligraphy
Spiritual comfort is found in "writing"
Found the value and meaning of life
Years later
Zhou Huijun recalls in the self-prologue of the collection:
"The old days of a serious illness and a difficult life
It created a stubborn personality that refused to succumb to fate
That's why
My pen strives to be strong and strong
Book style pursuit of bold and bright! ”
Zhou Huijun Lin, Song Gaoling Temple Stele, 1986
In 1974, Zhou Huijun was 35 years old
Published his first poster
"Lu Xun's Selected Poems"
In the era of lack of posters
This is a beautifully written book
Soon it was all over the country
In an era of depression in the art of calligraphy
It has sparked an unprecedented boom
After the 1980s
She became a banner in Shanghai's calligraphy community
Zhou Huijun served
Vice Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association
He is the chairman of the Shanghai Calligraphers Association
He has won the Lifetime Achievement Award of the "Lanting Award" of Chinese calligraphy
In 2014 and 2019
Won the "Shanghai Literature and Art Award" successively
Outstanding Contribution Award and Lifetime Achievement Award
……
Works by Zhou Huijun
however
The life of this bookish "strange" woman
But they are all battling disease
Since 1987
She underwent three major surgeries
Artificially manufactured ceramic hip joints
Replace the diseased joint
Zhou Huijun, who is over seventy years old
After major surgery for bone and joint replacement
Throw away your crutches and stand in front of your desk every day
Write without slackening
In fact, affected by disease
The joints of her limbs are deformed
However, calligraphy works always have bones and bones
It can be described as "the unity of people and books"
Spiritual willpower is far beyond ordinary people
The 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
A charity donation event was held in Shanghai
According to a person at the scene, recalls
Zhou Huijun directly took out 300,000 yuan
Keep it low-key in the deposit box
Did not publish their names and amounts
In 2018, she donated 25 million yuan for her personal remuneration
Established the Calligraphy Art Foundation
Such a donation is a groundbreaking feat
Zhou Huijun was alive
He has always compared himself to an ascetic in the art of calligraphy
"I imagine myself
It is a traveler who seeks the way of calligraphy
This is a difficult road
Where is the destination
Destiny
I have to go down this road."
"What do you understand as perfect calligraphy?" What is the ideal state of calligraphy that you most want to achieve? Someone once asked Zhou Huijun like this.
And Zhou Huijun replied: "There is no perfection in the world. Calligraphy is full of charm precisely because it is not perfect. The art of Chinese calligraphy is the culmination of the universe, moving in silence, like the sky, seemingly blue, it already contains all the colors. ”
Netizens remember
Source: Xinhua Daily Telegraph, The Paper