Today is January 5, 2022, the famous writer, calligrapher, and century-old master Ma Zhitu is 108 years old and enters the year of tea life.
On the occasion of his 108th birthday, Ma Lao also picked up a brush and hand-wrote the words "Fu" and "Shou" to celebrate.
Ma Lao's handwriting "Fu" and "Shou" (Photo by Ma Wanmei)
At the age of 107, Ma Lao completed the "Notes on the Oracle bones of Ma Zhitu Southwest United University". The new book is Ma Zhitu's first oracle bone work, he said: "To study ancient Chinese culture, you have to study ancient scripts. It is reported that the new book launch will be held on January 22 at the Alai Study, and exclusive customized cultural creations and signature books will be launched at the event.
The book "Notes on Oracle Bones of Southwest United University of Ma Zhitu" vividly reproduces the interesting teaching scenes of Luo Changpei, Tang Lan, Wen Yiduo, Wang Li, Chen Mengjia and other linguists of Southwest United University, especially the essence of Professor Tang Lan's research on Oracle and other studies; vividly shows the quality of the masters' diligent and diligent study, humble and rigorous personality charm and free and enlightened teaching style of famous schools; three-dimensionally shows Ma Zhitu's experience and experience of overcoming the invasion of diseases at the age of 100 years, immersing himself in the study of Oracle and his optimistic, open-minded, and persevering spirit. From this, we can also glimpse the charm of the spirit and blood inheritance of Southwest United University.
Ma Lao signed the "Oracle Notes of Ma Zhitu Southwest United University" (photo by Ma Wanmei)
This book is the only oracle bone note published by the Southwest United University, which has valuable historical value and is both literary, intellectual, ideological and interesting.
As one of the brilliant stars of the Southwest United University, Ma Zhitu spans the vicissitudes of the century and a hundred years, making a statement for the world and leaving a legacy for the times. He took a magnifying glass and studied oracle bone knowledge in the spirit of "ants gnawing on bones", and wrote this book while fighting cancer, which took three years to complete. This oracle bone note bears witness to the love of a century-old man for Chinese characters and the broad traditions they carry, and the unshakable cultural self-confidence of gold and stone.
Recent photo of 108-year-old Ma Lao (Photo by Ma Wanmei)
"Ma Zhitu Southwest United University Oracle Notes" is an oracle bone popular reading for the general public, and it is also a cultural memory of an era. Under the slightly "childlike" brushstrokes, in a witty and humorous context, the "unpopular" and esoteric oracle bones have become "approachable", interesting and full of unique and timeless charm.
Red Star News reporter Chen Mou Courtesy of Sichuan People's Publishing House
Edited by Li Jie
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