Li Tianyang
"Grass Law Thesis", edited by Wang Yuntian and Guo Jianzhong, published by Shanghai Calligraphy and Painting Publishing House in April 2020, 1656 pages, 3980.00 yuan
Wang Xuanchang (1900-1989)
"Grass Grass Law Thesis" is a collection of correspondence of Mr. Wang Yuchang, and the publication significance is so great that there is no doubt about the study of grass and then the study of Mr. Wang. Of course, the significance of this set of books is not limited to this.
There is great beauty in the Lotus Grass Dharma. The most prominent, and the greatest contribution, is the beauty of calligraphy. Mr. Wang's Zhangcao is a peak in the history of Chinese calligraphy, and the name "Grass" was first given to Mr. Xie Zhiliu, and has now been widely recognized as a historical evaluation. Mr. Wang Yuchang, who is humble and introverted, should also have a very high self-esteem for his calligraphy achievements. In the "Fatian", there is a lot of evidence.
For example, he had a party seal, "Born in the 1,652th year of the Later Right Army", which the editor printed on the back cover. Regarding the origin of this seal, there are also Ways and Sayings in the book, in the "Tang Ru Ti" to Ma Guoquan, Mr. Wang Yuchang has a short article introducing his fellow villager Chen Yuru in Jiaxing. This seal is exactly Chen Carved, and further introduced, this language is "Ben Wu Kao Gift Language", and Mr. Wang's father believes that this seal "has more than Qian Shilan's chapter 'Si Bing and then until Xiaosheng', which contains a lot of meaning". Qian Shilan, that is, Qian Kun, the character Xianzhi, the number Shilan, is the nephew of the Qing Dynasty Great Confucian Qian Daxin, "Si" is Li Si, "Ice" is Li Yangbing, after the second Li will count me, good for the seal book Qian Tu is so self-conditioned, of course, quite conceited. Compared with this, Mr. Wang Yuchang's seal is indeed low-key.
"Born in the year 1,652 of the Later Right Army"
For another example, Wang Youjun has "Seventeen Theses", and Mr. Wang, at the request of his student Mr. Feng Qiyong, made a play "Eighteen Posts", and the first correspondence cloud: "Eighteen days of books." I have repeatedly wanted to write "Eighteen Theses", how dare I continue the sable of the right army. But with a foot-down affection, I can't bear to refuse. The beginning of this book has the word 'Eighteen Days', which is placed in front of the volume, that is, the "Eighteen Theses". A laugh. "These eighteen correspondences are exquisitely written and interesting, which can be called a grass paradigm. Among them, it is very significant that in the "Chengwen Post", Mr. Wang answered Feng's question and commented on Wang Xizhi's calligraphy cloud: "The posts of "Bifeng", "Juju", "Anhe", "Yu 㛐", and "Qinghe" received by "Chunhua" are quite indulgent, and they are close to pain, but they seem to be not absolute. After that, the clouds flowed, and there were many natural people, and it was difficult to climb. The later the more you enter the realm, the reason why is this book sacred? Yu had copied it hundreds of times, so he knew a little about his essentials and dared to say it for his brother. "After the Right Army was born in 1,652 years", Wang Xuan often spoke of the Right Army, and said that he had been to the Right Army hundreds of times, which fully showed that the victory of the grass had its origin.
Eighteen Theses
The book also reveals an interesting reason: on August 25, 1978, to his old friend Pan Botang's "Hot Summer Post", Yun: "The former day's daughter (that is, daughter Wang Kangsun) and Xiong Er (that is, son Wang Xingsun) went to Fudan Huqu Garden, saying that the Japanese calligrapher Commented on The Disciple Shuyun: 'Chinese calligraphy has a fine tradition, there was Wang Xizhi in ancient times, and now there is Wang △△.' This is really a good reputation, Brother Bo smiled. "Mr. Pan is Mr. Wang's colleague at Wuxi National College. The letter revealed that Mr. Wang learned from Mr. Hu that the eastern neighbor had the reputation of "Wang Xizhi in ancient times, and Wang Xichang in the present" in 1978. Today, this phrase is widely known. We know that handwritten letters best reflect the character and style of the writer. The "Grass Law Thesis" contains more than 500 letters, the first one was written to Mr. Wang Guowei in June 1925, and the last one was written to his son Wang Xingsun on October 24, 1989, and Mr. Wang had a heart attack that night and died the next day. Spanning 64 years, it covers almost the whole process of Mr. Wang's calligraphy creation, and this book is the first treasure trove of herb research.
"Hot Summer Post"
Second, there is the beauty of personality. Originally, the beauty of personality is far more important than the beauty of calligraphy. The reason why I started with calligraphy is naturally because this book is named "Grass Grass Law Thesis", however, it is a pity to read the book and only look at the calligraphy and ignore the great beauty of Mr. Wang's personality. Mr. Fan Jingyi, a student of Mr. Wang Yuchang and former editor-in-chief of People's Daily, once said: "As far as Mr. Wang Yuchang himself is concerned, it is not enough to think that he is an outstanding calligrapher in our country. Compared with his profound achievements and achievements, calligraphy is only the tip of his iceberg, or just his 'afterglow'. If we want to fully understand Mr. Wang Yuchang, we must study his calligraphy; we must study his calligraphy without studying his knowledge; we must study his knowledge, and even more we must not study his personality. In him, the three are an inseparable unity, and calligraphy is the external expression of this unity, like the human face. Mr. Fan progressed layer by layer, clarifying the relationship between calligraphy, learning and personality. This passage can also be regarded as the mind and soul of the editors of this set of books.
Personality is a big topic, and here I will only briefly say two ends, one is integrity, and the other is respect for teachers.
Let's start with integrity. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Mr. Wang Yuchang resolutely refrained from holding a false post and vowed not to merge with the filth. Chen Zhu, who had taught at the Wuxi National College, had a mentor-friend friendship with Mr. Wang Yuchang, and served as the dean of the College of Literature of central university under Wang Fei during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. In the book, "Luo Cun Ti" is this letter, although the letter still performs discipleship to the teacher, but the tone is resolute: "Now your excellency will want to be a good lord, and it is not impossible to say that love is not deep, and what is the non-squirrel of Naino's nature?" During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Mr. Wang wrote many anti-enemy poems, which were published in newspapers and periodicals. At the beginning of 1948, wu Pijie, a disciple of the disciple, compiled and published the "Collection of Anti-Resistance Soldiers", with sixty-five poems and fifty texts, and this letter was also included in the book.
Let's talk about the Venerable Master. To the benefactor Mr. Tang Wenzhi and Mr. Wang Yuchang, he has great respect for him throughout his life. In 1954, before his death, Mr. Tang asked Mr. Wang to restore the Wuxi National College, and after more than thirty years, Mr. Wang has not forgotten or forgotten, there are many letters in the book that Mr. Wang specially wrote for the resumption of the school, and the recipients include Wang An, the American computer king, And Xie Xide, president of Fudan University, etc. You can see how Mr. Wang worked hard for it. Mr. Wang has personally experienced the adjustment of colleges and universities, and may not know that there is little hope of the resumption of the national college, but he still knows that it cannot be done, so why did he come? In the "Gradual Reply" to the eldest son Wang Fusun, Mr. Wang revealed his heart: "This is not only related to the great cause of the country's national traditions, but also the death of the old master of Tang, always grumpy, eager to work hard to achieve it." "Mr. Wang's way of being a human being is also deeply influenced by Mr. Tang. In "Xiao Jing Ti" to his granddaughter XiaoJing, grandpa Wang Yu often said that before he was twenty years old, he also "liked to argue and quarrel with people, or ignore people, or lose his temper." Later, after listening to Teacher Tang's lessons, it was greatly changed. He relayed the words of Teacher Tang: "The most important thing for people to cultivate is to gain temperament, and when things that are not satisfactory, they also ignore them." "Reading this, I am really emotional and moved.
Mentioning calligraphy in the previous paragraph, this section of the Taoist personality, may wish to mention the "Trinity" in passing. Letters are more than the number of etiquette, the parents are short, the illness is discussed, and it is very trivial and daily. However, the book contains two correspondences from graduate students Shi Zhiwei and Dai Hongcai, all of which are answers to questions. Watching Mr. Wang eloquently and carefully answering, as if listening to Mr. Wang's lectures, it is wonderful, watching Mr. Wang quote from the side, hand in hand, can not but admire the abundance of Mr. Wang's abdomen. Although it is only to read the letter, you can also get a glimpse of Mr. Wang's profound knowledge.
Soon after the publication of the "Grass Law Thesis", it was honored with the "Annual Chinese Calligraphy List", becoming one of the two calligraphy works on the list, which can be described as well-deserved. Throughout the book, Mr. Wang Yuchang uses literary language, not a single vernacular, even in his later years when he writes letters to his grandchildren. Born in 1900, Mr. Wang is nineteen years younger than Lu Xun and nine years younger than Hu Shi. Lu Xun and Hu Shi, as the main leaders of the New Culture Movement, began to write vernacular as early as Wang Yuchang's youth. Zhu Ziqing, Bingxin, Shen Congwen, Lao She, etc., who are similar to Mr. Wang's age, are all masters of vernacular writing, and this list can also be opened up in a long list. Mr. Wang wrote all his life, but he couldn't write vernacular? I thought, this is not for the sake of it, it must not be also. Once, Mr. Wang also asked an old friend to "translate" his chinese into the vernacular. He is Mr. Zheng Yimei. Speaking of which, Mr. Zheng is five years older than Mr. Wang. Please see The Post to Zheng Zhi:
In the night newspaper, I repeatedly read the anecdotes of honorable celebrities, which are vivid and admirable! Hereby earnestly, tomorrow year for the 120th anniversary of the birth of Old Master Tang, the disciples and others intend to solemnly commemorate, hereby prepare an article, for the text, take the liberty of pleading to change the pen to the vernacular, sign the big name, send the newspaper for publication, so that the society knows about it, and is overwhelmed with feelings.
"Ru Sheng Ti"
The so-called "night newspaper" is the "Xinmin Evening News" where I work. "Night News" is the affectionate name of Shanghai citizens, and Mr. Wang also follows it, which is very kind to read. I am naturally curious, this "vernacular" job, Mr. Zheng Yimei took over? In the digital age, the search is convenient, I quickly found Zheng Wen, published in August 3, 1983 "Xinmin Evening News" supplement "Luminous Cup", the title is "Tang Wenzhi 120th Anniversary Festival". The article is not long, only more than 700 words, but the details are vivid and vivid, which is the standard "Yimei style", and the full text is recorded below.
Jiaotong University is full of talents, and the earliest president is Tang Lao Wenzhi. He was also the president of Wuxi Sinology College, and after liberation, he became the dean of the Chinese Academy of Literature. This year marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of Donald, and the students of the two schools are jointly preparing for a grand commemoration. I heard that students from the National College of Taiwan Province are also making preparations and printing their wills for publication. Donald's high wind and bright festival, and Leyu talents, are indeed typical foot styles.
Tang Lao presided over Jiaotong University for more than ten years, pioneered the three specialties of railway, electrical machinery and management, and prepared to build a scientific library and a motor factory, which is the only founder of the university and worthy of being a combination of material civilization and spiritual civilization. As a man in his old man's home, he also had enough resources to talk about help. When he was young, his family was cold, and he did not have enough oil to read at night, burning sticks and incense to illuminate, causing spots on books and many ashes. Fourteen or fifteen years old, has completed the Four Books and Five Classics, seventeen years old, the township test Chinese style for lifting people. When he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Qing Dynasty, he deeply felt the difficulty of imperial Russian diplomacy, and believed that if he wanted to know the other side, he first learned to read Russian, and he often read Russian until night. Due to his excessive use of eyes from an early age, his eyesight deteriorated in middle age and he gradually became blind. Once served as a waiter in the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, the industrial and commercial circles have quite a bribe, he refused one by one, known to Shangfeng, and praised Tang Mou as a really upright gentleman. Once on his father's birthday, there was a satin offering, the gold character example is gold paper wrapped cotton, this person in order to seek an errand, ingenious, easy to use real gold, he was furious, immediately thrown back, said: "Should have been strictly handled, gu nian family celebration, exempt from prosecution", his people flew away. When the Xinhai Revolutionary Army rose up, Elder Tang resolutely applied for the abdication of the Qing Emperor, and Guan Daibei wept in the north, knelt down and stood up, and entrusted the ground with a red-crowned flower, saying: "The righteousness of the monarch is all here!? "When running the school, he regarded his disciples as flesh and bones, knew that he was seriously ill, and would send people to comfort him, and when the beginning was already white terror, he protected the students working underground, such as Qin Heming, Feng Qiyong, etc., and cared for them meticulously, and after Jiaotong University was surrounded, many students were searched and arrested, and he urgently negotiated with Zhang Yuanji, jointly protested, and demanded immediate release. The dangerous nest was completely egged, and the students all felt it. He lured the backwards and spared no effort. Whoever has a good word, praises it, and can recite its aphorisms, if it is not in the middle range, is severely reprimanded. In the classroom, he is very solemn, but he is approachable, talks with relatives and friends, and sometimes mixes with humor. One day after drinking, he said to the guests: "Among the disciples of Wu TangMen, there are three Dingjia, the title is Wang Yuchang, the eye is Chen Zhuzun, and the tanhua is Qian Zhonglian." "Say Bi laughs, its humor is so.
Interestingly, the material of Mr. Wang Yuchang's "Tang Men Zhuangyuan" at the end of the article is exactly what Mr. Wang wrote. He has a special explanation in the "Rusheng Thesis": "'Three Dingjia' Yunyun, a professor of Tongji University, sent his son Zhou ShaoJiuyan, and a disciple of Kang Yitangmen. "Mr. Wang is here, omitting professor Tongji's big name, which should be surnamed Kang."
In fact, in the Xinmin Evening News, Mr. Wang Yuchang also has a friend, he is Mr. Shen Yugang. The old newspapers of the "Xinmin Evening News" are as brilliant as the stars, and the short articles of Lin Fang, Yi Zhang, and Qin Luzhi are all popular. Compared with them, Mr. Shen and his pen name "Qipei" are not known to many people. However, in terms of the depth of his contacts with cultural celebrities, Mr. Shen is one of the best among the old newspaper people, and Mr. Shen, as the deputy editor-in-chief, has long been in charge of the supplement of "Xinmin Evening News", "Luminous Cup", so in a sense, Mr. Shen's circle of friends determines the cultural height of "Xinmin Evening News". Mr. Wang Yuchang is one of Mr. Shen's circle of friends.
I entered the newspaper late, had no contact with Mr. Shen, and knew him very little. The inclusion of the eleven letters from wang to Shen in the "Grass Law Thesis" aroused my great interest.
The first correspondence, written on March 12, 1982, this "Yu Gang Ti" said, "more than forty years have been together day and night", compared with the resumes of the two, it is very likely that when Mr. Shen was studying at Zhijiang University, Mr. Wang taught there, and there was a friendship between teachers and students of the same school, so Mr. Wang called Shen a "student brother". He sighed and said, "I think I am fifty years old, and I despise it, eighty-three.", after more than forty years, when he received a letter from a student, Mr. Wang was very happy, saying, "I don't want to ask questions, how fast it is." He informed the address in the letter and welcomed Mr. Shen as a guest.
Mr. Shen is a master newspaper editor, so after taking over, Mr. Wang was immediately developed into the author of the "Luminous Cup". He doesn't write in the vernacular, so what do he write? Old-body poems and couplets. When the teacher-student relationship becomes the relationship between the author and the editor, the correspondence between the two often revolves around the manuscript. After investigation, Mr. Wang first published a manuscript in the "Luminous Cup" on July 2, 1982, entitled "The Tomb of Yue Wumu", with six poems. The day after the poem was published, Mr. Wang wrote to Mr. Shen for "He Qiti", and the time of the letter was "doubtful 1985", which should be 1982. The letter said, "Seeing the sense of retribution, how fast it is", and also said, "There are a number of typos, proofreading is like the left", not long manuscripts, misplanting as many as five places. This is rare in the rigorously edited "Luminous Cup". Mr. Wang's chapter grass is quite difficult to identify, and the mistakes of the hand people are inevitable. Therefore, Mr. Shen adopted the method of discharging a small sample and sending it to Mr. Wang for review. In the "Two Siddhis", Mr. Wang said, "Small sample school, thanks to it", is the evidence. Such a choreography will not be available in today's electronic age.
Another interesting thing is that the Xinmin Evening News aims to "fly into the homes of ordinary people" and advocates popularity and shallowness. The articles of the Xinmin old newspaper are all plain as words, and mr. Wang's poems, although he himself added a lot of notes, are still esoteric and difficult for the readers of the evening newspaper. Therefore, Mr. Shen raised this question to Mr. Wang. Mr. Wang replied in "Extreme Is the Post": "Poetry must be popular and simple, extremely is, sorry is not good at, for hateful ears." Although the other party said "extremely yes", there was still a small "resistance" - I can't write shallow. Mr. Wang is stubborn and cute.
In the book, there are also several correspondences from Mr. Wang Yuchang to Chen Nianyun, former editor-in-chief of Liberation Daily, and the same questions and submissions. In the 1980s, Mr. Wang published more than 50 poems in the three newspapers of Liberation, Wenhui and Xinmin, which was a blessing for readers. Mr. Wang's last article was published in Xinmin Evening News on September 12, 1989, just over a month after his death. This article is entitled "The Occasional Existence of Lianyu", and one of them is to wish the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the "Xinmin Evening News", which is "a generation of new people, hand-held flower armor; more evening newspapers, the heart of the Cangsheng." As a descendant newspaperman, we should remember the four words of "mindful of Cangsheng".
Editor-in-Charge: Zheng Shiliang
Proofreader: Zhang Liangliang