Mr. Fan Qinwu, a patriot who walked with the century
Author: Wang Shutian
Mr. Fan Qinwu is a member of the second and third CPPCC committees of Huaxian County. His original name was Shenghua, born on June 3, 1907, a native of Luojia Village, Guapo Town, Huaxian County. At the age of 4, he succeeded to his uncle's house in Beisha Nan Village, Dongzhao Township, and changed his name to Qin Yuhao. On the day of the 90th birthday of Elder Fan in 1996, Li Duanli, former vice chairman of the CPPCC County Committee, presented a birthday plaque to the elderly of this century on behalf of the COUNTY CPPCC Committee and gave a poem praising his lifelong pursuit of progress, pursuit of light, patriotism and love for the people, and his lifelong noble qualities and noble sentiments for the united front. Mr. Fan Lao, who has a 95th birthday this year, is also in good spirits, persevering, studying the art of books, and enjoying it. Brushing away the wind and dust of the years and obscuring the beginning and end of the past, Mr. Fan's bumpy experience and character are still shining today.
Mr. Fan Qinwu
In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution swept across the country. Xiao Yuhao, who had just learned things, witnessed the revolutionary feats that took place in his hometown and carved a deep mark on his young mind. In 1920, Fan Qinwu was admitted to Xianlin Middle School. There, he came into contact with many revolutionary ancestors, was influenced by the new cultural ideas, and secretly set up a great ambition to save the country and save the people in the depths of the water. After graduating from high school, he taught at Qilisi Elementary School, and under the influence of underground communists, he enthusiastically threw himself into the wave of spreading new culture, anti-feudalism, anti-warlordism, and boycotting Japanese goods. In 1926, he was admitted to the Feng Yuxiang Department and listened to the political lectures of Soviet advisers many times, thus further strengthening his ambition to arouse the people and save the country and the people.
After the "April 12" coup d'état, the young Fan Qinwu was deeply disappointed and indignantly disarmed and returned home. On the recommendation of the underground communists Zhang Xiaozhi and Liang Tingju, Fan Qinwu entered the Hua County Education Bureau. During this period, he actively organized teachers and students to cooperate with the Weihua Uprising and carried out vigorous political propaganda activities to "overthrow the new warlords and eradicate the landlords and bullies". After the failure of the Weihua rebellion, he went out into hiding for nearly a month to escape the bloody suppression of the Kuomintang reactionaries. Later, under the cover of his close friend and newly arrived young county magistrate Li Yaocai (the underground party of the Communist Party), he returned to the county education bureau again, served as a school inspector, and participated in the progressive activities of banning private schools and promoting civilian education.
Liuxi Elementary School He Xiaoyong
In 1930, the Provincial Department of Education moved to abolish the Xianlin Middle School in Huaxian County, and he and the people of insight in the county argued and ran for the purpose of "insisting on running the school in Xianxian County", showing the valuable spirit of a hot-blooded young man who loved his hometown, loved education, pursued the truth, and pursued progress.
In 1935, Mr. Fan Qinwu was invited by his classmate Ma Liwu to write from Rong. He successively served as the captain clerk of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Division of the 13th Army of the Kuomintang, the secretary of the 166th Division major and military judge, the director of the 139th Division's Left Guard Department, the colonel of the 29th Army And the Director of the Military Justice Department and the Director of the Inspection Department, the secretary of the Colonel of the Shangzhou Garrison Headquarters in Shaanxi and the Military Law Department, and the Linli Staff Section, the director of the Colonel's Office of the 26th Division and the commander of the Rear Division, and the Colonel Judge of the Military Justice Bureau of the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense. From 1935 to 1949, during his 15-year military career, although he held important positions, he always maintained a high wind and bright festival of integrity, selflessness and fearlessness, and out of the mud and not stained.
He sympathized with the revolution, advocated cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, persisted in the War of Resistance and peaceful nation-building, and painstakingly and painstakingly devoted himself to the cause of the united front, and did many things that were beneficial to the revolution and the people. He endured humiliation and burdens, always held the belief in transforming Ma Liwu, and made all kinds of preparations for rebellion, but in the end, because Of Ma Liwu's stubbornness and failure to succeed for various reasons, he deeply regretted and blamed himself. 15 years also enabled him to see through the corrupt and reactionary nature of the Kuomintang, and in 1949 he resolutely resigned from the Bureau of Military Justice, gave up the arrangement to go to Taiwan, and returned to the embrace of the people.
After liberation, he threw himself into the fiery socialist construction with all his enthusiasm, "firmly grasped the study and vigorously grasped the production", worked hard and complained bitterly, and won the praise of the leaders and workers with his outstanding achievements. He also used his talents to vigorously carry out propaganda activities in praise of socialism.
After retiring in 1972, Mr. Fan Qinwu dedicated the rest of his life to the cause of the united front of the motherland. He was made a member of the CPPCC Committee of Hua County and concurrently served as the leader of the CPPCC study group in Guapo Town. He was invited to participate in the proofreading and erratization work of the "Minghua Prefecture Chuzhi" in Huaxian County, participated in the construction of a clean and honest government in the town government, carried out cultural construction, changed customs and customs, established a new style of respecting the elderly and providing for the elderly, carried forward the healthy trends of the people, publicized the principle of "one country, two systems, peaceful reunification", did a good job in the work of Taiwan compatriots, encouraged them to donate funds for education, and made contributions to the revitalization of education in their hometown and the reunification of the motherland.
Ming "Huazhou Chronicle" Qin Silent Confession
Mr. Fan Qinwu has loved calligraphy since childhood, based on Europe, and has learned liu, yan and zhao. As early as 1930, it was well-known in the local area, and sometimes there were "Great Qin" and "Little Qin". Later, he inherited the guidance of his right predecessors and entered the research seal. After retirement, he was even more "conscious of the night of Mulberry Yu, for Xia Shang full of heaven", he exhausted his wisdom, studied calligraphy, and worked tirelessly. In 1996, he compiled and printed three books of "Book Manuscript Fragmentation and Li Seal Calligraphy", and commented that "Lishu is unique and has opened up a new flower of calligraphy". He put forward the view of "calligraphy for my use, for my pleasure, for my life", and his calligraphy works have won many awards in international and domestic competitions, and won many titles and reputations. The 95-year-old Mr. Fan Lao, who is full of red light, does not need to be picked up by people, does not use crutches, steps on the ground, participates in various activities of the CPPCC and calligraphy circles, splashes ink and waves, recites poetry, and whenever there is a big event or festival, there will be new works. It can be said that his poetry and calligraphy, character and sentiments are the same; his temperament and mind, and his life and values are fused together.
Fan Qinwu's "Book Manuscript Fragmentation" and a collection of Calligraphy and Seal Calligraphy
Although a long-lived old man who walked with the century experienced different historical periods of the Xinhai Revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, and socialist construction, the spirit of pursuing progress and pursuing light was consistent, and from different stages and different aspects, the times and the shocking historical picture of the twentieth century were reflected. Interpreting Fan Lao with the attitude of historical materialism is not without lessons and inspiration for us.
October 2000
Source: "Remembrance - My Journey"
Original author: Wang Shutian
Compilation and editing: Huazhou Literature and History Collection