Zhang Zhongxing

Zhang Zhongxing

Zhang Zhongxing (January 7, 1909 - February 24, 2006), formerly known as Zhang Xuan, whose scientific name is Zhang Xuan and whose character is Zhongheng, is a famous scholar, philosopher and essayist from Shizhuang, Hebei Tun Township, Xianghe County, Hebei Province. He is mainly engaged in the study of Chinese, classical literature and history of thought.

He has participated in the compilation of Chinese textbook and selected ancient prose. He has co edited selected readings of classical Chinese and the sequel of classical Chinese readings, as well as common sense of classical Chinese, Jinzhuo of classical Chinese, Buddhism and Chinese literature, and negative greetings.

At the end of the 20th century, he was one of the three famous scholars along the Weiming lake. Together with Ji Xianlin and Jin Kemu, he was known as the "three elders of Yanyuan". Together with Deng Guangming, the three are also called "the four elders of Weiming". Mr. Ji Xianlin praised him as "a master, a free man, a supreme man and a superman."

Personal experience

In January 1909, the first year of Xuantong in Qing Dynasty, he was born in a farm in Xianghe County, Hebei Province.

In 1916, he studied in the elementary school founded by Shi Xianheng.

In 1921, he was a senior student of Zhenli primary school.

In 1925, he was admitted to Tongxian normal school.

In 1931, Tongxian normal school graduated.

In 1935, he graduated from the Department of Chinese language and literature of Peking University and changed his name to "Bank of China". In August, he went to Tianjin Nankai Middle School to teach.

In 1936, he taught at Yude middle school in Baoding and married Li zhiluan in the same year.

In 1938, he worked in the public education center and read a lot of western thoughts.

In 1942, the public education center was disbanded and went to Peking University as a teaching assistant.

In June 1945, the newspaper failed. In August, after Japan's defeat, it returned to Peking University for teaching.

In 1946, he left Peking University College of arts to teach Chinese in NO.4 middle school. He opened a special column "weekend chat" in Tianjin's Xinsheng evening news. Together with Ji Xianlin and Jin Kemu, he was known as the "three elders of Yanyuan".

In 1947, he resigned from No.4 Middle School and began to teach self-cultivation in Beiman middle school. He began to edit Shijie, a monthly journal of Buddhism.

After 1949, he was appointed as a special judge of people's education press.

In 1951, he wrote the first part of Shun Sheng Lun.

In 1964, the 50000 word "Buddhism and Chinese Literature" was completed.

Since 1968, he left his job and was transferred to work.

In 1978, retirement benefits were restored.

In 1980, he began to write selected readings in classical Chinese.

In 1982, he completed classical Chinese Jinjiao, and in September, he wrote the first article Qingzhen of negative greetings Suo Hua.

In 1983, began in the "middle school Chinese teaching" serial "essay".

In 1988, it was finished.

In 1992, Shun Sheng Lun was finished.

In 1996, he completed the writing of "fleeting years".

At about 2:40 a.m. on February 24, 2006, Zhang Zhongxing died peacefully in 305 Hospital of Beijing People's Liberation Army at the age of 98.

Main works

Social evaluation

Ji Xianlin: "high man, easy man, perfect man, Superman".

All his life, Mr. BOC was a low-key and indifferent man. He once lived in his daughter's home in Yanyuan all the year round. He was poor all his life. When he was 86 years old, he was assigned an ordinary three bedroom apartment. The furnishings in the room were very simple, and there was almost nothing but two bookcases. The old man nicknamed his residence "city chaimen". His study is full of books. There are four treasures and pieces of manuscript on the desk. There are antiques in the bookcase, mostly stones.

Zhang Laoqian called the study like a "warehouse". On the other hand, he was meticulous in his academic research. In his later years, he still criticized Nan Huaijin, a "master of traditional Chinese culture" in Taiwan, which is a true portrayal of the style of scholars in the "post may 4th era". Recalling Mr. Zhang, some people sigh: "he has the style of an ancient literati", and even later generations praise: "the old man has backbone.".

Mr. Zhang Zhongxing is rigorous, knowledgeable, profound, proficient in Chinese classical writing, familiar with western philosophy. Together with Ji Xianlin (August 6, 1911 - July 11, 2009) and Jin Kemu (August 14, 1912 - August 5, 2000), he was known as the "three elders of Yanyuan". Together with Deng Guangming (March 16, 1907 - January 10, 1998), they were called "the four elders of Weiming".

Mr. Xu Yi: he has a wide range of knowledge and records, covering many fields such as literature and history, classicism, Buddhism and philosophy. He is known as "zajia". Chinese, classical Chinese and philosophy of life are the more specialized ones. Life for the text, to "loyal to writing, not to write, write with the true face of people" as the creed.

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