On September 9, 1920, in Chaozong Street, the ancient city of Changsha, an insignificant bookstore opened.
Portrait of Tan Yanmin forty-three years old
Surrounded by a crowd, a middle-aged official came out of the green tweed caravan, came to the door of the bookstore, and cut the color for the bookstore, only to see four majestic Yan body plaques on the door , "Cultural Bookstore", which were written by this official, the supreme ruler of Hunan at that time, the overseer and governor of the province, Mr. Tan Yanmin.
Who runs the bookstore? Could he even ask Tan Yanmin's big driver to bless him? It turned out that the main operator of the bookstore was none other than the young Mao Zedong.
Tan Yanmin (front row 7th from left) became chairman of the National Government
Ten years later, when Tan Yanmin, then the chief executive of the National Government, read the news of the CCP's attack on Changsha in the newspaper, he couldn't help but smile bitterly at Sun Ke and others around him: Alas, I knew it would be like this, what ghost color did I cut in the first place? Send two soldiers to arrest Mao Zedong, why should the laborers move the masses today!
Not only Mao Zedong, but also the great figures who profoundly influenced Chinese history in the 20th century were deeply impressed by Tan Yanmin: Sun Yat-sen wanted to be in league with him and let his sister-in-law, Soong Mei ling, marry Tan Yanmin, who adhered to the principle of indisputable principles, but did not accept it.
In March 1927, the Third Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee of the Kuomintang was photographed, with Tan Yanmin in the front row and Mao Zedong in the fourth from the left in the front row and Mao Zedong in the third from the right in the second row
Then there was the story of Chiang Kai-shek studying the Bible in order to marry Soong Mei-ling, and when Tan Yanmin avoided marrying and instead recognized Soong Mei-ling as a "dry sister", Chiang Kai-shek was still only an insignificant little role.
Throughout Tan Yanmin's life, it is more not to be enterprising, but to retreat very cleverly, to retreat into progress. When Tan Yanmin died of illness, Yu Youren heard about it: "Third Master Tan is dead, and the country is missing a treasure." He is a brown ball between a large steamship and a barge. It means that Tan Yanmin can play a buffer role in political factional struggles.
Tan Yanmin calligraphy
In the calligraphy circles of the Republic of China, there are four great names of true grass, Tan Yanmin "true", Yu Youren "grass", Wu Zhihui "seal", Hu Hanmin "subordinate".
Tan Yanmin's important inscriptions, as well as the name of the Whampoa Military Academy "Army Officer School", Nanjing "Presidential Palace" and so on. In addition, Tan Yanmin sometimes collaborated with painting celebrities Zhang Daqian and Xu Beihong before his death.
After taoguang and obscurity, tan yanmin, and then took up the post of chief executive of the Republic of China government, should have handled government affairs diligently and sincerely, but he did not bother to fight with Chiang Kai-shek for power and profit, and simply became a hands-off prime minister and danced all day to ink. However, he was never confused about major events. From fully supporting Sun Yat-sen in founding the Republic of China to actively promoting the reunification of the North and the South, he has a share of credit.
Therefore, Tan Yanmin is known as "licorice in medicine", licorice is not expensive, but has the reputation of "the king of hundreds of medicines", and has the function of reconciling various medicinal materials, as if the wild in mahjong cards. He also has a nickname is "Chaos Demon King", we say that a person can play, in fact, it means that he will mix, for which Tan also openly admitted that life is rare to be confused, and mixing is also a realm, "mixing is used for big things".
Therefore, judging from Tan Yanmin's life experience and historical contributions, his calligraphy works and his attitude that calligraphy is higher than political gains and losses are particularly worthy of being played by future generations.
Tan Yanmin was a skillful and accomplished poet. Tan Yanmin's calligraphy mainly has two types of content, one is the works or inscriptions of predecessors, but often comes up with new ideas in the study. Then there are self-written poems or synapses, written entirely in their own style, without restraint. In addition, a large number of correspondence between him and his friends and friends are also written with brushes, and the paper used is more exquisite, whether it is three or five gossip, or a long discussion, all in one go, thus constituting the whole of Tan Yanmin's calligraphy achievements.
Tan Yanmin visits "The Immortal Altar of Magu Mountain"
This love of calligraphy beyond utilitarianism stems from Tan Yanmin's profound family learning: Tan Yanmin's father, Tan Zhonglin, was a jinshi who served as the governor of Shaanxi and the governor of Shaanxi, Gansu, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Liangguang. Tan Yanmin was bright and studious, and entered a private school at the age of 5, and his father stipulated that he should write an article for 3 days, write a poem for 5 days, and practice writing several pages of large and small brush strokes.
Later generations of scholars believe that Tan Yanmin's characters are like his people, there is a kind of atmosphere of great power, the body is broad, and the care is self-respecting. Whether it is a list book or a fly head, it is very exquisite. From the Republic of China to the present, the people who write the face body have not produced Tan Yanmin's right.
In 1930, Tan Yanmin, who was in his prime, died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and the Nationalist government held a solemn state funeral for him, and Chiang Kai-shek led the elderly officials to personally send the funeral.
Tan Yanmin was buried not far from the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, and as the years passed, many people did not know who he was, and they all asked this guy How He De could, how could he have such a high standard, and they were about to catch up with the Imperial Tomb.
Tan Yanmin funeral
So how could He De, in the end, allow the inactive Tan Yanmin to enjoy this honor after his death?
Tan Yanmin is difficult to evaluate what kind of achievements he has achieved in his life, but whether as a warlord or a literati, he represents the purest and indifferent literati temperament, and it is no wonder that he has a prominent position in his life, a very popular subject, and enjoys a very solemn state funeral after death.
From the perspective of playing politics, Tan Yanmin can be described as extremely successful in the DPRK and the opposition, and he has played his own insignificance to the extreme: In this regard, Chiang Kai-shek's heart and mind and Wang Jingwei's strength are far from being comparable to Tan's.
Husbands are not in dispute, so the world cannot compete with them.
—— Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching
"Chuwangshan Calligraphy and Painting Institute" collection and collation
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