Republic of China quadruplet Zhang Boju

Zhang Boju (1898 (1898)-1982), whose real name is Qijia, whose real name is Cong Bi, whose alias is You Chunzhu and Mr. Hao Hao, is from Xiangcheng, Henan, and the biggest collector in China. Mr. Zhang Boju is a cultural genius who is a collector, painter, poet and researcher of Beijing Opera.

His father, Zhang, is from Xiangcheng, Henan. He was smart since childhood, entered a private school at the age of 7, and was able to write poems at the age of 9, enjoying the reputation of "prodigy". According to relevant records, he was a scholar in Guangxu for 30 years, Yuan Shikai's cousin, and once served as a salt carrier in Luchang and a provincial judge in Zhili (place name). After the founding of the Republic of China, he served as the governor of Henan, but he was dismissed because of his ineffective suppression of the Blanc uprising. 19 15 years, Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor. As one of the planners, he organized the National Petition Federation and served as the vice president and deputy director of the preparatory office for the enthronement ceremony.

Cultural miracle

Mr. Zhang Boju devoted his whole life to collecting ancient cultural relics. At the age of 30, he began to collect ancient China paintings and calligraphy. At first, he was just a hobby. He bought the oldest ink handed down from China-Ping Fu Tie, the oldest painting in the Western Jin Dynasty, You Chuntu by Sui Zhanzi Qian, Tiantai Tie by Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, and so on. His collection of top paintings and calligraphy in China can be found in his book Painting and Calligraphy from Pen.

Influenced by the traditional culture of China, Mr. Zhang Boju has read countless books since he was a child. A solid literary foundation has created his versatile cultural background. Because of his extraordinary talent, he used all his spare time to write a large number of ancient poems and phonological opera works. His main works are Cong Bi Ci, Ci for a Spring Tour, Ci for Qin You, Poetry in the Fog, No Noun, Intermittent Ci, My Dream Poetry and My Dream Poetry. In addition, Zhang Boju's research on China's calligraphy art is quite profound, and he has a book "China Calligraphy"; He is also good at calligraphy himself. His calligraphy originated from Wang Xizhi's seventeen articles, which combined truth, grass, official and seal in one furnace. In his later years, he formed his own unique style, with elegant pen, such as spring silkworm spinning silk, which is called "bird feather body".

In order to inherit and develop China's classical art, Zhang Boju founded Beijing Guqin Research Association, Beijing Opera Basic Art Research Association, China Calligraphy Research Association and Poetry Research Association in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Until his death, he was still obsessed with the preparatory work of China Rhyme Club.

He used to be a special member of the Palace Museum, a member of the National Cultural Heritage Administration Appraisal Committee, an associate researcher and deputy curator of the Jilin Provincial Museum, a librarian of the Central Museum of Literature and History, an honorary tutor of China Art History of the Department of Chinese Studies in yenching university, an honorary president of the Beijing Chinese Painting Research Association, and an honorary director of the China Calligraphers Association.

At that time, it was estimated that the national treasure donated by Zhang Boju was as high as 1 100 million yuan. However, with the progress of human civilization, not only this amount, but also the compassion and noble deeds of his great scholar and bodhisattva are insurmountable monuments in the cultural and artistic history of China.