Chapter 36 Li Shutong Chronicle (3)

At the same time, together with Liu Yazi, Chen Wuwo and others organized the "Wenmeihui", edited the printed manuscripts of famous calligraphy and paintings, and planned to create the original page 151 and put it on page 242. Mrs. Yu of Li Shutong and his son Li Duan (left), Li Shengzhang Wife Zou and daughter Li Mengjuan (right) (photographed in 1911) Run "Wenmei Magazine". In July, "Pacific News" was banned. At the invitation of Jing Hengyi, the principal of the Zhejiang Normal School, he went to Hangzhou to teach, and was in charge of music and art courses in the school's painting and handicraft department.Since then, Li Shutong has devoted himself to education and cultivated a large number of talents in the field of art. Among his students, Feng Zikai, Liu Zhiping, Wu Mengfei, Li Hongliang, Cai Yin, etc. have made outstanding achievements.

In February 1913, Zhejiang Two-Level Normal School was renamed Zhejiang Provincial No. 1 Normal School (Zhejiang No. 1 Normal School), and Li Shutong stayed on. In order to better disseminate knowledge of music, art and other arts, Li Shutong founded the comprehensive literary and artistic publication "Baiyang" in the name of "Zhejiang Normal University Alumni Association", integrating manuscript writing, editing, title picture, and cover design. The Birth Words of "Bai Yang". The first issue of "Baiyang" published Li Shutong's literary treatise "Overview of Modern European Literature", music treatise "Overview of Western Musical Instruments", art treatise "Usage of Plaster Models", and also published three choruses written and composed by Li Shutong Song "Spring Outing" (this is the first chorus in the history of modern Chinese music) and many other works. "Baiyang" is the earliest art education school magazine in modern my country.

That year, officials from the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education came to inspect the school. They believed that using nude models in art classes was detrimental to "decoration", so they wrote "You are not allowed to draw models in drawing classes", which aroused strong dissatisfaction among teachers and students of Zhejiang First Normal University.After a struggle, the Zhejiang First Division finally won. In February 1914, the "Western Painting Research Association" was established in Zhejiang First Division, and various activities were held regularly to popularize the knowledge of Western painting.

Proposed the establishment of "Happy Stone Club" and was promoted as the president. He frequently communicated with Wu Changshuo, a famous calligrapher, painter and epigrapher, and joined Xiling Yinshe by appointment. In May, Huang Yanpei visited the school and was deeply impressed by the music and art classes taught by Li Shutong. He spoke highly of it in his "Exploration and Education Diary" (published by the Commercial Press): "His grades in specialized subjects are almost as good as those in the first two levels. The teacher training course is particularly high. The person in charge is my friend and art expert Li Junshutong (Ai) also."

In 1915, while teaching at Zhejiang No. 1 Normal School in Hangzhou, he also served as a music and art teacher at Nanjing Higher Normal School, traveling between Hangzhou and Jinling. This year was the peak period of Li Shutong's song creation. To meet the needs of teaching, he either composed lyrics or selected lyrics to accompany music, and created a large number of excellent songs, among which "Farewell" is the most famous. In the summer of that year, Li Shutong and his Japanese wife went to Japan for vacation to visit relatives. In 1916, it planned to establish the "Chinese Art Normal School" by the West Lake in Hangzhou, and hired Xu Beihong, Chen Shizeng, Xia Zun and other famous art circles to teach at the school to train art teachers for the country.Unfortunately, due to the bad weather, the "Tongda Bank", which the Li family relied on for survival, declared complete bankruptcy at this time, and Li Shutong's great cause of saving the country through education was also shattered.

In the summer of that year, Liu Zhiping, the favorite student, graduated from the First Zhejiang Normal University. Li Shutong urged him to go east to Japan to continue his studies. Interest in Buddhism is getting stronger, and I intend to resign from the teaching posts of the two schools, but both schools "hold on" and refuse. In 1917, from the end of last year to the first ten days of January of this year, he used his annual leave to experiment with fasting at Dinghui Temple in Hupao, Dacishan, Hangzhou, accompanied by school official Wenyu, and it lasted three weeks.In the first week, gradually reduce from one and a half bowls of rice per meal to one bowl of porridge per meal; in the second week, all food is fasted, and only one cup of water per meal; in the third week, from half a bowl of porridge per meal, gradually return to the original appetite.

During the fasting period, practice calligraphy and engraving every day, or adjust breath and sit quietly.During the three weeks, I made more than 100 pieces of calligraphy, engraved several pieces, and wrote "Fasting Diary". Li Shutong changed his name to "Li Ying" to the outside world.After fasting, Li Shutong had a close relationship with Ma Yifu, a famous Buddhist layman, and devoted himself to studying Buddhism under his guidance. From the second half of the year, Li Shutong began to become a vegetarian.After winter, please return to many scriptures, such as: "Vows to Produce Virtue", "Surangama Sutra", "Mahayana Awakening of Faith", read the scriptures with great concentration, and worship Buddha statues of Ksitigarbha and Avalokiteshvara in the room, And burn incense for it every day.

In the winter of this year, due to Liu Zhiping’s difficulty in studying abroad, I would like to support her studying abroad for free every month until graduation. 1918 was the beginning of the year, and during the Gregorian holiday, we celebrated the New Year at Hupao Temple.On the eighth day of the first lunar month, it happened that Peng Xunzhi "was determined to become a monk" here, and the head of the Hupao Temple shaved him. On the 25th, he took refuge in the Three Jewels, and honored Dharma Master Wu as his refuge teacher, and took the name of the Dharma, Yanyin, with the word Hongyi.At first he was a lay disciple and called himself "Lai Shami".

At the end of June, Li Shutong held the final exams of drawing and music classes in advance in Zhejiang No. 1 Normal School. At the end of June, Li Shutong distributed all his belongings to others—the fan pages of poems and paintings given to him by Zhu Huibai and Li Pingxiang, the famous Shanghai prostitutes, the same volume he gave to the golden baby, and the book "The Shadow of the Past" Donate a banner and a gold watch to Xia Zun; donate your own oil paintings and watercolors to Beijing National Academy of Fine Arts; donate your own gold and stone works and the collection of famous gold and stone works to Xiling Yinshe; Art books, "The Complete Works of Shakespeare" and several of his own calligraphy and painting works were given to Feng Zikai for preservation; music books were given to Liu Zhiping; stationery and "Nanshe Anthology" were given to Wang Pingling; pianos and other family properties were given to his Japanese wife; Donate some clothes to school officer Wen Yu.Immediately, Li Shutong changed into a linen gown, took a group photo with his two most beloved disciples, Feng Zikai and Liu Zhiping, and then, under the escort of Feng Zikai and Wenyu, officially went to Dacishan Hupao Temple to become a monk.According to research, Li Shutong's official renunciation date was June 31, 1918.

On August 19th, according to legend, it is the Christmas of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, and Li Shutong officially shaved on this day.