Zhou Jianhua/Wen
On the evening of November 21, 2020, from the obituary sent by Wang Qinjie in the circle of friends, I was shocked to learn that Wang Qingyun, who was more than 91 years old, died last night, and the bad news came, like thunder across the long sky, shocking for a long time and difficult to accept. I was not mentally prepared at that time, because 10 months ago, when I went to visit the teacher's home, it was only because of the high blood sugar that it was not very convenient to walk on foot, but the spirit was still strong, the mind was sharp, and the conversation was very strong. We talked about a wide range of topics, from major national events to the people's small feelings, from current affairs to history, from calligraphy to life, although the teacher is more than ninety years old, but there is no dementia and doubt. I was secretly pleased by the teacher's body, thinking that the teacher's centennial birthday was just around the corner, how to know that the world was impermanent and changeable, 10 months without seeing, the teacher drove the crane to the west, the yin and yang worlds, and the past could not help but rush to the heart.
Mr. Qingyun and I have known each other for more than a decade, and it is the common hobby of calligraphy that has made the two friends for many years. The teacher is 34 years older than me, both the elder and the senior, we have become good friends through a period of exchange and familiarity, we talk about his father Wang Xiaoju's calligraphy art, life situation, gao feng liang festival, but also talk about Qingyun teacher's own story, from childhood to adulthood, from Hubei to hubei to the experience of going north to Beijing in the rare year. He himself is an encyclopedia that condenses the history of social change in China over the past eighty years, from the 1940s to the present.
I am delighted to have such an experienced, knowledgeable, talented teacher who is willing to bring up the younger generations. Every time I came back from a business trip, I thought of sitting down at Mr. Qingyun's place, talking about current affairs and calligraphy, which was a great pleasure in life. It is only due to busy official work or affected by the epidemic that it has not been possible to do so often. Three days before I heard the bad news, I was on a business trip to the northeast, and I included visiting the teacher in a recent arrangement after returning to Beijing. Who wants to fulfill the wish of the day, before they get together, they will ride the crane to the west, the Si people have gone to know that it is difficult to find, I complain that the sky is merciless, I cry teacher without tears! The one who plays the piano is still there, and the person who listens to the piano has returned to heaven! Jianhua has forever lost a kind and kind elder, a teacher of high moral integrity, and a wise man who understands the world.
From then on, who would Jianhua ask for advice if he encountered the confusion of calligraphy? Who will you turn to if you encounter setbacks in life? To whom do you share something that you are happy with? If the words of distress are hidden to whom to tell ...
The teacher completed his arduous and brilliant life path on the day of the snow in the early winter of Gengzi, and coincidentally, there were snowflakes floating in the sky from time to time, as if to retain the teacher, but also like sending farewell to the teacher. Looking at The peaceful remains of Teacher Qingyun in the flowers, I silently saluted the three pillars of incense and expected the fragrance to take the teacher to the happy kingdom of heaven.
(Disciple Zhou Jianhua November 23, 2020)
Wang Qingyun (1929~2020), a native of Jianli, Hubei Province. He is the eldest son of Mr. Wang Xiaoju, a member of the Kuomintang Revolutionary Party, a member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, a librarian of the Hubei Provincial Museum of Literature and History, and an academician of the Hubei Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. Vice Chairman of China Forestry Calligraphers Association, Director of the Central Academy of Painting of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, Librarian/Consultant of the Taiwan Guild Hall calligraphy and painting museum of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee, director of the China Zhongshan Cultural Exchange Association.
He inherited the training at an early age, followed the family learning, and poured ink for decades, accumulating profound traditional skills and forming a vigorous and peaceful style. At the same time, he is also good at exaggerating and intensifying the strong contrast between pen and ink, and has the ability to coordinate and unify into harmony, and has the magic of "blue out of blue and better than blue". He has held many large-scale personal calligraphy exhibitions and group exhibitions throughout the country. His works have been published in professional newspapers and periodicals across the country. Major newspapers and periodicals such as People's Daily and China Today have special reports, which have caused great repercussions at home and abroad.