Chapter 19 "Zhou Enlai Ink Monument Gallery" Calligraphy Art

The essence of the art of calligraphy is to express one's aspirations through calligraphy and express the way through the law, so calligraphy is also called "the way of calligraphy".Calligraphy - the artistry comprehensively expressed by techniques, its essence is to embody Tao. After recently reading more than 20 calligraphic treasures of Zhou Enlai's calligraphy in the former residence of Zhou Enlai in Huai'an, the author strongly felt the beauty of a socialist spiritual civilization, and was baptized and influenced by the communist outlook on life and the world with a "magnetic force".

Tao is the philosophy of calligraphy art, and Premier Zhou Enlai is well versed in it.When he was a child, he was very gifted and studious. He loved calligraphy when he was studying in the family school library. He often practiced capital letters on the square "Luo floor tiles" with his elbows hanging.He pays attention to the law, is savvy, does not stop in cold and heat, and has put in a lot of hard work.In fact, on the road of life, his real kung fu is outside of calligraphy.In addition to "refined science" and seeking profound knowledge, he "broke the wall" in order to "help the poor" and engaged in arduous revolutionary activities and peaceful construction all his life, so he has extensive life experience, profound cosmology and communism. outlook on life.Therefore, for Zhou Enlai, a great man of his generation, no matter whether he writes poems, inscriptions, or couplets, he must write extraordinary pens, and his calligraphy is closer to the Tao and can make it convey the Tao. "A book is like a person, and a way is like a book."

Zhou Enlai is a universally recognized moral model.During his revolutionary career spanning more than half a century, he put the country as the most important thing and morality first, and the calligraphy style he created is also a model of Xingkai, all of which shine with the strength and beauty of his personality.Appreciating Zhou Enlai's ink inscriptions is enough to get a glimpse. As early as the spring of 1910, twelve-year-old Zhou Enlai left his hometown of Huai’an, followed his uncle to Tieling in the northeast, and entered Fengtian Dongguan Model School in autumn.At that time, the young Zhou Enlai already had a clear understanding of the purpose of reading.Once, Principal Wei, who also taught self-cultivation at the school, asked the students why they study in class.Some students replied: "Study for my father." Some replied: "Study for Mingli." Some replied: "Study for the glory of the family." When Principal Wei asked Zhou Enlai, he replied solemnly : "For the rise of China." Due to the heavy southern Jianghuai accent of the young Zhou Enlai, Principal Wei couldn't hear clearly for a while, and asked Zhou Enlai to say it again, so he repeated it loudly: "Study for the rise of China."

The thundering voice of the young Zhou Enlai has transcended the time and space of history, and is now frozen on the stele of his former residence. It has become the teaching material for tens of thousands of students who come to Zhou Enlai's former residence, the national patriotic education base, to receive moral education.The calligraphy of this set of characters is composed and smooth, with a smooth breath, and the patriotism overflows the word table, which is inspiring. In the autumn of 1917, Zhou Enlai traveled east to Japan to study in order to seek the truth of saving the country and the people.Before going abroad, I went from Tianjin to Shenyang to visit my uncle and my alma mater's teachers and friends. On August 30, I wrote a magnificent farewell message "I hope to meet you when China takes off in the world".This short message with the title vividly expressed his grand ideal and firm confidence in dedicating himself to the cause of the liberation of the motherland.When people saw the large stone carvings rushing towards them in the Moji stele gallery of Zhou Enlai's former residence, this "prophecy" with a strong sense of time and space perspective suddenly grabbed people's hearts.Its dignified and majestic, open momentum and calligraphy skills that can be freely swiped with a brush seem to hold the universe in the palm of your hand.

Today, under the spirit of the party's "Fifteenth National Congress" and the banner of Deng Xiaoping's theory, "the time when China takes off from the world" is not far away. If Premier Zhou knows it, he will smile at Jiuquan for the initial realization of his "prophecy". On the eve of Zhou Enlai’s study in Japan and leaving the motherland, he wrote an inspiring poem: “Songs of the great river turn their heads to the east, and the profound sciences help the poor. Facing the wall for ten years and breaking the wall, it is difficult to reward a hero who crosses the sea.” 1919 In March of 2010, on the eve of Zhou Enlai's return from Japan, his classmate and friend Zhang Honggao gave him a farewell party, and he immediately presented this poem with a pen.Zhang Honggao treasured this calligraphy for fifty-eight years, and it was not until the Party Central Committee smashed the evil "Gang of Four" that it was allowed to meet the broad masses of the people.The style of this poem is high, bold and unrestrained, rigorous in composition, and vigorous in writing, and the dedication spirit of "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood" is vividly boiling between the lines.Today, the magnificent calligraphy of this poem is also included in the poem steles of his life, and has become the driving force for encouraging young people to "struggle" for the nation and dedicate themselves to the motherland.Indeed, who can recite this majestic and magnificent poem without being overwhelmed by it; who can appreciate this plump, vigorous, vigorous and powerful calligraphy? !

The year 1939 coincided with the period of the Anti-Japanese War.In late March, Zhou Enlai went to Zhejiang Province for inspection as the deputy director of the Political Department of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, and at the same time returned to Shaoxing to visit relatives.In order to publicize the principle of resisting Japan and saving the nation, Zhou Enlai wrote commemorative inscriptions for his relatives and friends on March 29 and 30 respectively: "Study hard and strive for perfection", "Youth is the golden age, learn, learn and learn again", "Don't forget The legacy of Jianhu Heroine, I hope to win glory for my Yuedong daughter."Its calligraphy is old and vigorous, strong enough to penetrate the back of the paper, carrying a strong sense of national urgency, arousing people to join the frontier of anti-Japanese and national salvation, and has the military momentum of "sharp pens sweeping the seats, piercing the blue sky and not being damaged".

In January 1941, the Kuomintang diehards represented by Chiang Kai-shek planned the Southern Anhui Incident that shocked China and foreign countries.In order to publicly protest the atrocities committed by the Kuomintang reactionaries, Zhou Enlai personally wrote an editorial for "Xinhua Daily". "Xinhua Daily" also prepared a systematic report on the Southern Anhui Incident.Since the reports and editorials were suppressed by the Kuomintang news censorship organs, there was a big blank page and a half in the newspaper.Therefore, Zhou Enlai wrote an inscription on "Xinhua Daily" in grief and indignation: "Sorrow for those who died in the south of the Yangtze River!" When the incident just happened and the Kuomintang "countered false accusations".Zhou Enlai was eager to expose the criminal conspiracy of the Kuomintang to the people of the country, so in the first sentence, he wrote the four condemning characters "a strange injustice through the ages" with extreme grief and indignation.Little drops of ink, pen and ink, blood and tears, shocking.Zhou Enlai used poems to fill the "skylight" of newspaper news, exposing to the world the ferocious face of Chiang Kai-shek's "fighting in the same room" and undermining the unity of resistance.Today, the "calligraphy" of this poem has been erected into a monument, and it will be engraved in history forever along with Zhou Enlai's indelible achievements.

Most of the masterpieces of calligraphy engraved on Zhou Enlai's Ink Stele Gallery are inscriptions written by Premier Zhou Enlai when he was in charge of his work during his lifetime.For example: On May 9, 1940, he wrote an inscription for Lin Zhuowu: "Send the mail thousands of miles, and the country is connected!" The inscription on the silk banner presented to the engineering headquarters in May 1952 to celebrate the completion of the Jingjiang flood diversion project "To make rivers and lakes beneficial to the people." In November 1963, he wrote an inscription for the Hebei Flood Fighting and Emergency Struggle Exhibition: "Tame the Haihe River and benefit the people." The inscription on the opening of the Chongqing Railway: "Build the railway, consolidate national defense, develop the economy, and improve people's lives." On December 12, 1955, the inscription to celebrate the establishment of the Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine: "Carry forward the medical heritage of the motherland and contribute to the construction of socialism." Serve." On May 25, 1957, he wrote an inscription for the monthly magazine "Foreign Literature": "Let a hundred flowers bloom, weed out the old and bring forth the new, serve the working people, and serve world peace." On April 5, 1965, he wrote the inscription for the film " The inscription of "Dongfanghong": "Keep improving and come from behind." The inscription for the development of people's sports on September 9, 1965: "Hold high the red banner of Mao Zedong Thought, develop people's sports, strengthen the people's physique, serve socialism, and honor the motherland. "

In addition, there are quite a few ink stains in the stele gallery, which are Premier Zhou Enlai's encouraging congratulatory speech.For example: On June 1, 1950, the inscription for the International Children's Day: "Bless the children's health." On September 28, 1955, the inscription for the National Youth Socialist Construction Activists Conference : "Work hard, not afraid of difficulties." On May 2, 1957, he wrote an inscription for "Tianjin Youth Daily": "To commemorate the May 4th, young people in New China must study hard, work hard, love the motherland, and improve political thinking. Consciousness, establish a style of hard work and simplicity, prepare to be a cultured and skilled worker and farmer, and prepare to be an intellectual who combines physical labor and mental labor." May 25, 1958 To celebrate China's welfare The inscription on the 20th anniversary of the association: "Celebrate the 20th anniversary of the China Welfare Institute! I wish the China Welfare Institute, in the climax of the Great Leap Forward in my country's socialist construction, respond to the party's call for technological revolution and cultural revolution, and carry forward the self-reliance and hardship of the Chinese people. The fine tradition of struggle will make greater contributions to improving the physical and mental health of Chinese women and children, and to cultivating a new generation of workers." And so on.The ink marks of the above-mentioned inscriptions selected by the stele gallery contain aspirations, encouragement, and advocacy. The extension involves many industries and surpasses the characteristics of the industry. They have common characteristics and profound and condensed connotations. , is really an excellent model for copying.

"The power of role models is infinite."It is also worth mentioning that Zhou Enlai strongly advocated learning from heroes like Lei Feng and Wang Jie who emerged in the era of socialist construction.This also has a heavy weight in his inscriptions and calligraphy works.On March 5, 1963, "People's Daily" published Zhou Enlai's inscription: "Lei Feng is a good son of the working people and a good soldier of Chairman Mao." The next day, "Liberation Army Daily" published Zhou Enlai's first The inscription for the second activity of learning from Lei Feng: "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng the class standpoint of distinguishing between hate and love, the revolutionary spirit of consistent words and deeds, the communist style of public selflessness, and the proletarian fighting spirit of selflessness." October 1964 On the 10th, Zhou Enlai wrote an excerpt from "Lei Feng's Diary": "Treat comrades as warm as spring, treat work as hot as summer, treat individualism as autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves, and treat enemies as cruel and merciless as severe winter." On November 15, 1965, he wrote an inscription to learn from Lei Feng-style communist fighter Wang Jie: "We must learn from Comrade Wang Jie's revolutionary spirit that he is not afraid of suffering and not afraid of death!" and copied Wang Jie's poem: "Every mountain Towering into the clouds, we build for the people. We are not afraid of hard and tiring work, and we are willing to dedicate our youth to the people." For the inscriptions of the two men, the stele corridors each chose a stone to form a stele.Its style of writing is clear and pure, its laws are strict, and its atmosphere is open; its moral education is extremely strong, and it will surely play a special missionary function in cultivating a new generation of people across the century.

"Words are like people".Zhou Enlai's calligraphy is clear and rich, vigorous and unadorned, with strong skill and calm strokes.Zhou Enlai is good at absorbing the methods of various schools to form his own style.In particular, his calligraphy in his later years reached a state of majesty and grandeur, with a dynamic aura sprouting in the regularity.It can be seen from the posture of the three characters "Zhou Enlai" in the signature style of running script that he has written thousands of times. He has got rid of the physical constraints of square Chinese characters.Some people commented on Zhou Enlai's calligraphy art and said: "Stable and not vulgar, dangerous and not strange, old and not dry, moist and not fat." It has a strong artistic vitality.This evaluation is extremely appropriate and pertinent.Judging from the content expressed in Zhou Enlai's calligraphy inscription, it is ideological, policy-oriented, educational, and emotionally rich. It is universally applicable, transcends time and space and is eternal. It is indeed a treasure house of socialist spiritual civilization A rare gem.Zhou Enlai's ink marks have the value of ideological education, cultural relics publicity, art appreciation, etc., and of course they should be engraved on stone steles and passed on to all generations. I sincerely wish this newly opened "Spiritual Civilization Monument Gallery", which is "beneficial to the present and has a long history of merit", will live forever with the spirit of Zhou Enlai!