Zhou Erfu

Zhou Erfu

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Zhou Erfu (January 3, 1914 - January 8, 2004), born in Jingde, Anhui Province, was a famous writer and calligrapher who joined the Communist Party of China in February 1939. He was Vice Minister of culture, honorary member of China Writers Association and consultant of China Calligraphers Association.

On January 8, 2004, Zhou Erfu, a famous writer and calligrapher and former Vice Minister of culture, died in Beijing at the age of 90.

Life of the characters

Born in Nanjing on January 3, 1914. in the 1930s, he participated in left wing literary activities. He went to Yan'an in 1938. He joined the Communist Party of China in February 1939. He has successively served as chairman of the literary Advisory Committee of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia Border Region Cultural Association, member and Deputy Secretary of the Cultural Work Committee of the South China branch of the CPC in Hong Kong. After May 1949, he successively held the posts of Secretary General of the United Front Work Department of the East China Bureau, first deputy director of the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai municipal Party committee, deputy director of the Personnel Bureau of the Shanghai municipal government, Secretary of the Party group of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, and deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai municipal Party committee. After 1959, he successively served as a member of the Foreign Cultural Affairs Commission, a member of the Party group, and vice president of the foreign cultural association. After smashing the gang of four, he was successively elected as a member of the fifth, sixth and seventh CPPCC National Committee and Deputy Secretary General of the fifth CPPCC National Committee. In 1978, he was Vice Minister of culture. In 1981, he served as deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Commission. In 1983, he was vice president of the Chinese people's Association for friendship with foreign countries.

The death of a character

On January 8, 2004, Zhou Erfu, a famous writer and calligrapher and former Vice Minister of culture, died in Beijing at the age of 90. During Zhou Er's recovery and after his death, Hu Jintao, Jiang Zemin, Wen Jiabao, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Li Changchun, Liu Yunshan, He Guoqiang, Song Ping, Li Lanqing, Hua Jianmin, Chen Zhili, Ba Jin, Liu Fuzhi and Wang Guangying expressed their sympathy and mourning in different ways.

Main works

In his 70 years of writing career, Zhou Erfu has published novels, essays, poems, dramas, reportages, essays and literary criticism, with a total of about 12 million words. His novels include Dr. Bethune and the morning of Shanghai. Among them, the Great Wall has won the "five one" project literature award of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee.

Character events

Serious violation of discipline

In October 1985, Zhou Erfu led the delegation of the Association for foreign friends to participate in the 35th anniversary of the founding of the new production seat of Japan. During the event, he violated the discipline of foreign affairs and made serious mistakes. Zhou Erfu did not listen to his comrades' repeated dissuasions. On November 10, he visited the Yasukuni Shrine dedicated to the souls of Japanese war criminals and took photos. When Zhou Erfu attended the reception banquet of the Japanese side, he left in the middle and treated the Japanese Friendship Association with arrogance, which damaged the friendly relations. After the official visit ended as planned, Zhou Erfu left three people to visit Tokyo for four days without asking for instructions or Japanese invitation. They watched pornographic programs on CCTV and asked female translators to accompany them. They were rejected. As a senior cadre and head of the visiting delegation, Zhou Erfu made such a serious mistake during his visit to Japan, which was not allowed by Party discipline. In February 1986, after discussion and decision by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and approval by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zhou Er was expelled from the party and returned to the party.

Appeal for rehabilitation

On October 17, 1999, the Japanese filed a complaint to review the materials on which the punishment was based, verify the rehabilitation and restore the party membership. Sixteen years later, Zhou Erfu restored his party membership -- after the punishment of being expelled from the party was announced, he still did not stop writing. He "believed in the party, the masses, and history. All unjust and false cases will eventually be vindicated and rehabilitated, but sooner or later, it will only be time." So he "continued to work hard, while waiting for the day to come", "closed door thanks, as far as possible to reduce contacts with the outside world", "in the internal and external attacks, writing with patience". He wrote and published the novel the Great Wall, the memoirs, the essays and literary criticism, and the narrative poem Zhou Enlai. On January 8, 2004, Zhou Erfu passed away. An obituary was issued by Zhou Erfu, a famous Communist Party member, Deputy Minister of culture, and a famous Chinese scholar. Finally, history gives a fair evaluation.

Literary achievements

After 1979, Comrade Zhou Erfu published the third and fourth volumes of morning in Shanghai, the collection of glimpses and reminiscences, the exploration of literature and selected works of Zhou Erfu (Volume I). From 1987 to 1994, he published the novel the Great Wall ten thousand miles (6 volumes). During the period, he also published a collection of calligraphy, such as Zhou Erfu's Pipa line and selected works of Zhou Erfu's calligraphy; a collection of prose, such as langtaosha and European and American customs; and a collection of reportage, such as unforgettable journey. From 1997 to 2000, he successively published the long narrative poem Zhou Enlai (1-4), essays, literary criticism collection "60 years of Literary Essays" and "Zhou Erfu's prose collection" (4). He has published calligraphy collections such as Zhou Erfu's book Quyuan Lisao, Zhou Erfu's research anthology, looking back on the past, dead sea and Zhou Erfu's anthology. Great contributions have been made to Chinese literature and science!

Calligraphy achievements

Zhou Erfu is quite accomplished in calligraphy, and Guo Moruo called his calligraphy close to the "two kings". Zhao Puchu praised Zhou Erfu's Pipa line in his poem: "the southern side of oushu is strict, the Qi is clear, the bone is heavy, and the fetus is Xi Xian. Baigong's long song has been passed on for thousands of years, and Pipa is better than Changsheng hall. " Qigong's poem says: "the spirit is clear and the bones are beautiful, the willow is the wind, and the thunder is loud around the hall. At the beginning, I suspected that the pen array produced the wisdom of the Ming Dynasty, but the Huating pavilion under the Wu Dynasty was not what I saw. "

calligrapher

Zhou Erfu is not only famous for his novels, but also a calligrapher of the older generation. During his tenure as vice minister of culture, he also participated in leading the establishment of the China Book Association and branches of the provincial and municipal Book associations, and successively served as vice chairman of the China Book Association and consultant of the China Book Association. From his childhood when he was a private school student, he studied calligraphy under the strict guidance of his father and Master Zhu Hua. He successively studied a large number of inscriptions of Yan, Liu, ou, Zhao and ER Wang, and he had been swimming among them for a long time. As a child, he was poor and had no money to buy paper inkstones, so he often practiced calligraphy on a big brick with water. He loved literature and liked to read the works of Qu Yuan, Sima Qian, Li Bai, Du Fu, Liu Zongyuan, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi, which laid a solid foundation for his future literary creation and calligraphy. In the early 1930s, he entered Shanghai Guanghua university to study English literature. At the same time, he began to write. He met Lu Xun, Mao Dun and others, and took part in left-wing literary activities. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he went to Yan'an, the holy land of revolution, and did not stop studying calligraphy until the founding of new China. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he was too busy to write often, so he used his break time to read posts. "Seeing thousands of sword and then knowing the device", Zhou and Fu are through the reading of the tablet inscriptions of the past dynasties, and turn the beneficial essence into their own language of ink and ink, "will be connected to the occasion of the state of consciousness" (Ming, Xiang Mu), so as to achieve the purpose of extensive reading and collecting and using refined materials. In the past, his calligraphy was not easy to be seen or known. After he became Vice Chairman of the Chinese Calligraphy Association, he often participated in and presided over some calligraphy activities. At the same time, he always cared about the work of the Chinese Calligraphy Association from time to time, and took time to attend some meetings. Only then did people see his works from the pen club, TV, calligraphy magazines and newspapers, and he was soon praised for his calligraphy He was attracted by his interest, so that for a long time, there was an endless stream of book seekers at home and abroad. Zhou Erfu's calligraphy includes Xiaozhuan, kaishu, Zhangcao, Xingshu and caoshu, especially kaishu and Xingshu. His calligraphy is rigorous in structure, beautiful in posture, square in style, delicate in strength, large or small in size, simple or complex in structure, and light or heavy in strokes, forming the artistic characteristics of lively rhythm, penetrating in strength, full of muscles and strong in vigor, with a strong flavor of calligraphy. Many famous Chinese calligraphers have highly praised Zhou Erfu's calligraphy. In a letter to Zhou Erfu, Guo Moruo said, "your handwriting is very good. It's close to" Er Wang. " At the same time, he wrote modestly: "before those who are good at writing, presenting children's body is especially soft, which really makes people laugh." After receiving Zhou Erfu's calligraphy works, Mao Dun wrote back: "brother's calligraphy is better than mine. If you vote for mu Li, you will be rewarded with qiongju. I have high hopes." Zhao Puchu wrote a poem when his book "Zhou erfushu Pipa Xing" was published: "the book of Europe can be strict in the south, the Qi is clear, the bone is heavy, and the fetus is Xi Xian. Baigong's long song has been passed down for thousands of years, and Pipa is better than Changsheng hall. You write white poems in the book of Europe. It's like moving a boat when you open the book. The heart listens to the language of the warbler and the flowing spring. Poetry, books and news are the two things we never tire of Qigong also said in his poem "Ci Pu Weng Yun Feng Ti Yi": "in the book of Zhou Dynasty, there are many things that Jiang Dongxi had to offer. The spirit is clear and beautiful, the willow is the wind, and the thunder is loud and round the hall. " All of these vividly show the artistic characteristics of Zhou Erfu's calligraphy. Zhou Erfu's handwritten door plaque from ancient times to the present, some accomplished calligraphers are often literati and scholars with rich knowledge. Zhou Erfu is also such a calligrapher. To a great extent, his achievements in calligraphy are due to his experience of traveling all over the world and visiting famous mountains and rivers. For a long time, this knowledge and their own artistic accomplishment have been consciously or unconsciously integrated into calligraphy creation

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