【Text: Yang Zhonghai】
Mr. Du Xianzhen is gone, leaving us for a hundred days, how many relatives and friends, apprentices and students mourn infinitely, at this moment, deeply remembered, shandong book circles have lost a calligraphy master with both virtue and art, and we have lost a good teacher and friend who loves Zhu Zhang.
For many days, my heart was as heavy as lead, I could not sleep at night, I had no hope for the day, and the scenes of my life were connected one after another, intermittently recording fragments, mentioning pens and minds to my heart, recording them on paper, and remembering them in love.
Throughout his life, Du Lao was deeply nourished by traditional culture, and although he was a scholar of Geng Zhiyi, he had the ambition to serve the country. Unfortunately, when he was young, he suffered bad luck and was sent to the farm by the "anti-right". Ten years after the "Cultural Revolution", he bowed his head and wrote exhibit explanatory signs, and the warehouse was miscellaneous. In the meantime, look at the slope crops, use branches to paint and write on the ground, and the warehouse is dried every year, hand-copied, and ancient celebrity calligraphy. It was not until the reform and opening up that he returned to the field of calligraphy research and cultural relics appreciation work, so that he could display calligraphy and painting to learn. Among them, he was hired by Shandong Normal University to teach calligraphy, and Shandong University for the Elderly to teach calligraphy. Solving difficulties and puzzles, he was trained by Xinxin students and calligraphy scholars, and wrote a book, "Learning the Eight Lectures of the Holy Teachings of Wang Xi", passing on calligraphy for more than 30 years, which can be described as a code of loyalty, peach and plum world.
"There is nothing wrong with seeing each other, and I do not come to remember the Jun", because Du Songtao, the son of Du Lao, was admitted to the Jinan Calligraphy Art School, and I served as a Chinese painting, calligraphy teaching, and as a class teacher, so I met Du Lao (the main calligraphy activist in the early preparation of the Shandong Book Association, the elder of the Shandong Wenbo Jianguan). With Du Lao's acquaintance and acquaintance for more than thirty years, we are very close to each other,each time we meet and be taught by Mr. Yu, using books and paintings as exchanges. Tell the truth, and be open-minded. It has benefited me a lot and I will never forget it for the rest of my life. Teacher Du is a person who brews his character and generosity in the art of calligraphy, or that he has been a person who has "studied quietly with the heart of books" all his life, immersed himself in calligraphy, and achieved outstanding results.
The titles of "Wenbo a pen" and "list book Du Lao first" are admirable. In terms of governance, he learned without tiredness, tirelessly taught people, no matter how long or short poetry, he recited them every day, memorized them in his chest, and wrote them with a pen, all of which were wonderful, and he especially liked to interact with scholars.
Taking it as its duty to teach traditional Chinese culture and art, we carefully examine students' work. And Zhang Zhang has a circle of painting, eyebrow criticism, on the spot, writing demonstration, enlightenment learning techniques, techniques, immersion in it, and non-stop speeches. Listening to Mr. Li's lectures is unconditional and without any interest transmission, only about pure feelings, only about well-known teachers who communicate.
Elder Du advocated to the students that calligraphy should be written every day, not to let a day have leisure, and diligence is "pen into a grave, ink into a pool, less than Xizhi is dedicated." We must respect the classics, respect the tradition, and on the basis of paying attention to the elements of penmanship, structure, cloth whiteness, and chapters, we must include Yingzuihua, transform the quality of ancient and modern changes, and sublimate and refine the penmanship and style that belong to the self-style, personal freedom, and vivid penmanship and temperament. It is necessary to read more literature and history books, improve the cultivation and literary background other than calligraphy. The trinity of morality, articles, and calligraphy is not correct, there is no poetry book in the belly, and the book quality is naturally not high. Du Lao got this from the three, so that the work has both artistic tension and strong charm. Du Laowenbo's work often uses small letters, which he copies every day, exquisite and beautiful, and has his own style. Written in cursive, Du Fu Qiuxing's twenty-screen breath calligraphy is called a contemporary masterpiece by calligraphy experts in the industry, and the book volume is extremely strong. I really have a mission in my heart and a good job in my pen.
According to statistics, he has written more than 200 "Diamond Sutra" and "Heart Sutra" so far, which is a valuable collection. Du Lao's big characters dominate the Shandong book industry. Eight feet of the whole sheet wrote the word "patriotic", the ancient and simple Mao Kai book in large characters, the knot word is square, the flanking is taking the momentum, swift and refreshing, and the flying white leaps forward.
Du Lao's ninety-year-old book fair, exhibited at the Provincial Museum. The theme of handwriting is big characters, strong and energetic, deep in rhyme, Qilu list book, Zhuoran family.
Du Lao's erudite and multi-talented wise man was also a generous and arrogant teacher. In addition to being proficient in calligraphy, he is also good at landscapes, flowers, birds, and poetry. Every time I took it to study calligraphy, the teacher of flower and bird works concentrated on observing one by one, piece by piece, and gave encouragement to write poem inscriptions in the paintings, adding icing on the cake and making me toothless.
For decades, I don't know how many works I have been carried by the inscription from Mr. Zhang, from large to cardboard, the teacher uses fly-head small letters, lines, and inscriptions, the width is exquisite, the words are pearls, and sometimes visit the teacher every New Year's Day.
When I leave, I always give back fine calligraphy and let me take it with me. Sincerely say: "Best wishes for you, may your works make further progress!" "The externalization of this gift of affection is an extension of friendship, and over the years I have deeply realized that the love between teachers and students is like the friendship of a gentleman, with a long stream of water, sincere and precious, and moving because of simplicity!
Du Lao's departure was too sudden, "upstream pillar of heaven, lower breath cloud peak", the previous year in his hometown of Laizhou City held Mr. Du Xianzhen calligraphy exhibition, last year, in the Shandong Provincial Museum held Du Xianzhen calligraphy art exhibition.
This year, an exhibition of calligraphy and paintings by Du Xianzhen teachers and students celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China was held. The exhibition of Du Lao's "Do not forget the original heart, remember the party's grace" is also the last masterpiece, the exhibition, the endless stream of viewers deeply love Mr. Du's calligraphy works. Indoctrinated by traditional Chinese culture. Preparing for the Teachers' Book Fair and the Teachers' and Students' Exhibition, Du Lao's students worked together to make the exhibition a complete success!
After Mr. Du Xianzhen left, I took out mr. Du Xianzhen's calligraphy collection from the bookcase, and the calligraphy collection signed by the academic titan Ji Xianlin kept flipping through, sometimes shallow tasting, sometimes tasting, especially Mr. Du Xianzhen's elaborate works for the future study hanging at home. "Let me always read it as I listen to Mr. Zhang's teachings... When I have a thousand thoughts, and when I come to reality, I raise my eyebrows to suppress myself, reminisce about the past, keep my thoughts, and read:
With the heart of the book,
Deep friendship has been urged for a long time.
Remember Mr. High Art,
Who do you ask for to solve your puzzles?