In November 1989, Shanghai Huadong Hospital received a case, this person is an old man, when sent to the physical condition was already very bad. The hospital immediately organized rescue, and the doctors did not have much hope for this rescue, because they found that the elderly had a more dangerous illness this time, because the age was very old, the elderly were already terminally ill, and it was difficult to cure it. For Huadong Hospital, which is very busy every day, at first they did not care too much, after all, they had too many patients to rescue every day. But just after the old man was sent, Huadong Hospital also received a phone call.
To the great surprise of the leaders of Huadong Hospital, the phone call came from the Shanghai Municipal Government, and the staff on the phone conveyed to the hospital the instructions of Zhu Rongji, secretary of the municipal party committee, who said: "This person is a national treasure, and must be rescued with all efforts." This phone call made the hospital leaders feel very nervous, and the condition of this old man made Secretary Zhu pay so much attention to it, and he was still a national treasure. Thinking of this, the hospital leaders immediately held a meeting to discuss the rescue plan, and then the hospital made every effort to treat the old man, but unfortunately, in the end, the hospital was unable to save the person, and on November 3, the old man died in the hospital.
A few days later, the old man's memorial service was held at the Shanghai Longhua Funeral Home, and Secretary Zhu Rongji personally attended the meeting and sent a wreath. Surprisingly, many people from this memorial service are well-known people from all walks of life in Shanghai, which also makes this memorial service even more unusual. This old man's name was Zhu Fujie, what kind of person was he, and why could his illness alarm so many people?
In 1902, Zhu Fujie was born in a famous family in Shanghai, and he was also a descendant of the famous master of science, Zhu Xi. Zhu Fujie's family also inherited the ancestral traditions very well, was proficient in ancient Chinese painting, and attached great importance to the education of their children. Zhu Fujie was even more a genius in the family, and he was able to draw big characters when he was 7 years old, which surprised Mr. Wu Changshuo, one of the four masters of the Late Qing Dynasty. He saw that Zhu Fujie was so talented, and later accepted him as an apprentice, and it turned out that Wu Changshuo's vision was very accurate, and Zhu Fujie was indeed a rare genius.
At the age of 16, Zhu Fujie's seal engraving works had already been selected for the "National Famous Artists' Seal Selection", which also made him more and more famous, and then he studied with Zhang Meiyi, one of the three masters of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and under the guidance of these two masters, Zhu Fujie's creative standards were also getting higher and higher. Interestingly, when he was 18 years old, one day a guest from his home wanted to worship the teacher, zhu Fujie was also a little surprised, so he went out to greet him, and the person was also a little surprised after seeing him. Zhu Fuqian quickly figured out the origin of the matter, it turned out that this person's name was Zhang Daqian, who had just returned from studying in Japan, and Zhang Daqian saw Zhu Fuqian's calligraphy and painting seal engraving in Shanghai, and was greatly surprised, thinking that this was the work of a contemporary master, and ran to worship the teacher.
Originally, Zhang Daqian thought that this work should be done by an elderly master, but he did not expect that after seeing Zhu Fujie, the other party was actually an 18-year-old young man, and it should be known that Zhang Daqian was 3 years older than him at this time. However, this oolong did not affect the relationship between the two of them, and the two of them also saw each other at first sight, and Zhu Fujie also took the initiative to introduce Zhang Daqian to visit Zeng Xi as a teacher. At that time, Shanghai was also a place where many masters gathered, Zhu Fujie, under the introduction of Wu Changshuo and others, often participated in various celebrity gatherings, and met many people, such as he and Kang Youwei and other people had a friendship, and his talent made him more and more famous in the circle.
On the road of development, Zhu Fujie is also a comprehensive development, he is not only very skilled in seal engraving, but also has extremely high achievements in calligraphy, painting, gold and stone and many other fields. Soon, Zhu Fujie also became a well-known seal engraving master in China, and many celebrities in China at that time asked him to engrave for himself, such as Sun Yat-sen's secretary Yang Pale, Hunan overseer Tan Yanmin and others. Because of his great fame, Zhu Fujie's career path also developed greatly, and Chiang Kai-shek heard of his fame when he formed the Nanjing government, so he invited him to serve as the secretary general of the government. At that time, Zhu Fujie was only 27 years old, and he could already get such a high position, which was indeed very envious.
However, Zhu Fujie was not much interested in taking a career path, and he still preferred to do research, so he refused Chiang Kai-shek's invitation. Chiang Kai-shek was not satisfied, and sent Shao Lizi to Shanghai to personally invite him out of the mountains, but he still did not agree, and chose to go to the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts as a professor. Several times he was invited to no avail, and Chiang Kai-shek was not discouraged, and asked Dai Jitao to write a letter asking him to come out as an official, but even if his old friend Dai Jitao invited him, Zhu Fujian still did not agree, and in desperation, Chiang Kai-shek could only give up. Although he was unable to invite Zhu Fujie, he still consulted with Dai Jitao and others and conferred on Zhu Fujian the title of "Lieutenant General of the National Revolutionary Army."
Although he did not join the army, Zhu Fujie still paid attention to the development of the motherland in his heart, and he was willing to do everything to help the country. Before Kong Xiangxi went to the United States to buy anti-Japanese ordnance and ammunition, he also specially bought the best jadeite and asked him to help seal the carving, and Zhu Fujie also agreed very happily, sealing "Mao Gentao" on it. After the jadeite carved by him was given to the Americans, it quickly attracted widespread attention from the international community, and the media in britain and other countries continued to publicize and praise Zhu Fujie's seal carving skills. This made Zhu Fujie's seal engraving become an internationally renowned logo, so many people in China have found people to trust the relationship, and they have also asked Zhu Fujie's seal carving at great expense.
Zhu Fujie's fame soon reached the ears of the Japanese, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the domestic situation was turbulent. Zhu Fujie, a literati, could not go into battle to kill the enemy, so he created a large number of works to encourage patriotism, and also held various literary and artistic calligraphy and painting exhibitions with Zhang Daqian and others to raise funds for the frontline soldiers and the suffering masses. With the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, Shanghai was occupied by the Japanese army. Like many people, Zhu Fujie also began to live in exile, and his luck was obviously worse than many people,losing many of his own works when he fled to Dabie Mountain. Later, on the way to escape, he was kidnapped by soldiers and bandits, but fortunately, the bandit leader Liu Qiong knew his fame and not only did not kill him, but also made him a military master.
But soon the Japanese army came over, Liu Qiongbu was surrounded, Zhu Fujian luckily ran out, did not expect to run not far, and was robbed by a group of bandits. This time he was looted by bandits, and he was almost killed, fortunately he survived, but he was already penniless at this time, and just when he was desperate, he met a small boss, who also knew Zhu Fujie's name, so he saved him. Zhu Fujie quickly gathered his coils and ran to Wuhan by painting, but he did not expect that Wuhan had fallen, and he also fell into the hands of the Japanese this time.
At that time, the Japanese very much wanted to win over well-known people from all walks of life in China and come out to take up their puppet government positions, and Zhu Fujie was also the object of their solicitation, and the Japanese promised to come out as president of the Wuhan Calligraphy and Painting Association as long as he wanted. But he preferred to die and resolutely did not give his life to the Japanese, so he almost died at the hands of the Japanese. Wuhan was then bombed again, and the BOMB of the US army almost killed him. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhu Fujie faced several dangerous situations, and almost lost his life several times, but he was able to kill Ji every time, and this experience also had a great impact on him, and his style of work has also changed somewhat since then. His reluctance to die for the Japanese spread rapidly.
Countless people know his fame, and everyone is very touched to see him make such a move, and they have written letters to support Zhu Fujie. But his situation was still very difficult, and he finally ran out of Wuhan, and he planned to return to Shanghai. Due to the factors of the war, he traveled to many parts of China, and it was difficult to wait until the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression before he could return to Shanghai, which had been separated for a long time. Zhang Daqian was even more happy to see him return, and wrote an article praising him. However, Zhu Fujie did not expect that the War of Resistance Had just ended, and it was not long before Chiang Kai-shek provoked a civil war, and although Shanghai was not affected much during the war, Zhu Fujie was still worried about the future of the country.
After a few more years of war, new China was finally founded, and Zhu Fujie was also very happy at this time, and he received an invitation from the newly appointed mayor, Chen Yi, to participate in the celebration of the liberation of Shanghai. Subsequently, he also specially carved a seal for Chen Yi, and also made portraits for Chairman Mao, Lenin and others to express his support for New China. Later, he was transferred to Shandong for some reason, and interestingly, because Zhu Fujie was very low-key on weekdays, he lived in Tai'an for more than thirty years, and as a result, few people from all walks of life in Shandong actually knew about it.
People later discovered that such a master as Zhu Fujie was actually in Shandong, and during his work in Shandong, Zhu Fujie also ushered in the high production period of his own works, and he created a large number of poems and seal carvings. Among them, poems such as celebrating the launch of the national satellite can also show his joy at the development and growth of the motherland. He was also in charge of art direction, presiding over the Work of the Agriculture and Forestry Department, teaching and collaborating on painting.
Zhu Fujie's affair soon attracted the attention of one person, that is, Premier Zhou Enlai. Premier Zhou had been active in Shanghai for a long time, and he also knew Zhu Fujie's fame very well, so he invited him to Beijing to name some of the treasures of the Forbidden City, and Zhou Donglu spoke highly of his creative standards, saying: "When there are two or three people who understand ancient Chinese today, Zhu Fujie is one of them." "This that Premier Zhou is referring to is the study of Zhong Dingwen in China at that time, and there were really few people in China who could really understand this, and Zhu Fujian also began to study bronze culture in his later years, which made great achievements in this regard and was also one of the pioneers of Zhong Dingwen's research.
As he grew older, Zhu Began to summarize his research on his life, such as collecting his calligraphy works in his later years. At the same time, his research on ancient Chinese over the years has been extremely deep, covering a variety of types, including Qin and Han JianMu, ancient pottery and so on. He summarized these research experiences, which played a great role in later archaeological and cultural work. Of course, the most outstanding thing in Zhu Fujie's life is the seal carving, as he gradually grows older, his seal carving skills have also entered the peak and become a real national treasure. Zhu Fujie's lifelong seal engraving works are very many, just the preserved seal engraving rubbings, there are more than 2,000 pieces, which shows how strong his creative ability is.
Seal engraving is the portrayal of his life, due to the accumulation of good calligraphy in his early years, ancient literature skills, coupled with his super talent, and the cultivation of many famous teachers. This made Zhu Fujie able to learn from his strengths in the field of seal engraving, surpassing many sages and mentors, and his life experience was very rich, whether it was the years of peace or the years of war, he had experienced it, and he had faced the test of life and death several times. These experiences have further improved his works, whether it is the artistic standard or the connotation of the works, they have reached the point of national essence. He has also become one of the iconic figures of ancient culture, and naturally has also become one of the masters of national key protection.
However, as he grew older, Zhu Fujie's health was getting worse and worse, and when he once fled, he was in danger many times, which also made his health very poor. Zhu Fujie often fell ill, and in his later years he was also plagued by illness, but he was still very optimistic, still insisted on creating, and often exchanged artistic experience with celebrities from all walks of life. Over the years, frequent creation has become a habit of his, which has allowed him to maintain a very high creative output in his later years, and even before his death, his works participated in the "Exhibition of Elderly Famous Calligraphers" organized by the Chinese Calligraphers Association.
In addition to doing these things, Zhu Fujie also often contacts his former friends, such as his close friend Zhang Daqian. Zhang Daqian did not stay in China like him, but traveled to many places and chose to settle abroad. In his later years, Zhang Daqian was also very lonely, and he was frequently ill, and his physical condition was not very good. Fortunately, Zhu Fujie also wrote frequent letters to him, and although they were separated, their contact was still quite close.
When Zhu Rongji was the secretary of the Shanghai Municipal CPC Committee, he also admired Zhu Fujie's works very much and often visited Zhu Fujie. Later, Zhu Fujie suddenly fell ill and was sent to the hospital for rescue, and Zhu Rongji was also very anxious, and he quickly contacted the hospital and asked them to save people. Unfortunately, the hospital also had difficulty saving Zhu Fujie's life. In the end, Mr. Zhu Fujie died, but he left a large number of literary and artistic works, these works are still domestic treasures, his life has been dedicated to the art he loves, he spent decades of hard work in order to study ancient culture, which has led to later achievements, Premier Zhu Rongji said that he was a national treasure, this is not excessive, but unfortunately, his death, so that New China still lost an important national treasure early.