Fan Zhenxu

Fan Zhenxu

Fan Zhenxu (1872-1960), whose name is Yuqin, was named Nangao. In his later years, he was named Dongxue old man and Taihe mountain people (because his ancestors lived in Shuanglong Township, Jingyuan County, Gansu Province, where there was Taihe mountain), and his ancestral home was Jingyuan County, Gansu Province.

Early activities

Fan Chu was born in Peiping. In 1881, when he was 9 years old, his father died of illness. He went back to his hometown Jingyuan with his mother Lou's coffin and lived in HuiGuan lane of the county. He received good education from his family since childhood and studied hard. In 1906, he joined the League of China and became one of the main figures who participated in the revolution of 1911 in Gansu Province. He is a famous Chinese calligrapher and painter. during the period of democratic revolution and the great revolution, the fourth place in the rural examination was selected respectively in 1901 and 1902. In 1903, guimaoke became a Jinshi and was appointed as the head of the Ministry of work. In 1906, he went to Japan to study law in the University of law and politics of Japan. In 1909, he returned from Japan and served as magistrate of Jiyuan County in Henan Province, majoring in Jiyuan county annals. In 1913, he was elected to the first Senate of the national government. In 1915, Yuan Shikai became emperor, refused to participate in the restoration activities and went to Nanjing. In 1916, he served as governor of Mengxian County, Henan Province. After his three-year term, he returned to Beijing and lived in rongbaozhai, where he engaged in painting and calligraphy and made a living. In 1921, he was employed by Ma Fuxiang, the governor of Suiyuan, as the recorder's office and served as the governor of Salaqi county. during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, Ma Fuxiang was appointed mayor of Qingdao in 1929, so he went with him and served as a secretary. Together with Ma Fuxiang, he wrote Guanlan Pavilion, which was erected on the seashore of Qingdao. In 1934, he returned to Lanzhou and was employed as a consultant of Gansu provincial government and a member of the anti smoking Committee. In 1936, he was hired by Ma Buqing, commander of the 5th army of the northwest cavalry, as a teacher and moved to Wuwei. during the Anti Japanese War and the war of liberation, he was elected vice president of the Provisional Senate of Gansu Province in 1940. In 1941, he went to Dunhuang with Zhang Daqian to study murals and save national treasures.

Post liberation activities

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as a member of the northwest military and political Commission. Later, he was elected vice chairman of the Gansu Provincial Political Consultative Conference and deputy to the Gansu Provincial People's Congress. In 1957, the 36 foot long march of the Red Army - Gansu section, jointly painted by Hao Jinxian, Wu Shaoyong, Ma Wenjiang, Guo Weiping, MI Ying and other famous Gansu artists, was sent to Beijing on August 1 for exhibition. The copy is kept in Gansu Provincial Museum.

Last words

He died of illness in Lanzhou on August 21, 1960 at the age of 88. On her deathbed, she told his wife Du Yuwen: "I have no treasure in my life. After I die, I can donate my collection of landscape paintings of song Huizong, mountain scenery scroll of Da Chi Fuchun and Qilian mountain scenery scroll of my old age to the national collection as a reward for the party and the state's concern for me."

work

His works include notes of Dongxue thatched cottage, joint manuscript of poems of Dongxue thatched cottage, night window manlu, essays on learning painting, Dongxue essays, a brief account of Lanzhou incident, Yanzi Jian Qin script, taohuafan Qin script, Jiyuan county annals, and new records of Jingyuan County. His wife Du Yuwen donated Dongxue miscellaneous manuscript and Wang Heze's manuscript to the people's Government of Jingyuan County. The anthology of Mr. Fan Zhenxu's calligraphy and painting collected by the CPPCC of Jingyuan County was published in 1992, and his calligraphy works were included in the stele forest of Lanzhou. Fan Zhenxu is a famous calligrapher and painter in China. His life stories are included in the dictionary of Chinese painters and the dictionary of famous Chinese artists. In 1957, fan Zhenxu's long march of the Red Army - Gansu section, which was jointly painted by Hao Jinxian, Wu Shaoyong, Ma Wenjiang, Guo Weiping, MI Ying and other famous Gansu artists, was 36 feet long. It was sent to Beijing on August 1 for exhibition, and the copy was kept in Gansu Provincial Museum. Fan Zhenxu's works include notes of Dongxue thatched cottage, joint manuscript of poems of Dongxue thatched cottage, night window manlu, essays on learning painting, essays on Dongxue, chronicle of Lanzhou incident, Yanzi Jian Qin script, Peach Blossom Fan Qin script, Jiyuan county annals, Jingyuan County new Annals, etc. Du Yuwen, wife of fan Zhenxu, donated Dongxue miscellaneous manuscript and Wang Heze's manuscript to the people's Government of Jingyuan County. It was collected by the office of the county government. Zhang Shenwei's manuscript of fan Zhenxu's poems and essays was published in mimeograph. The anthology of Mr. Fan Zhenxu's calligraphy and painting collected by the CPPCC of Jingyuan County was published in 1992. Fan Zhenxu's calligraphy works are included in the forest of Steles in Lanzhou.

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