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Ye Yingu (1912～1991)

Ye Yingu, courtesy name Dunzhai and nickname Jiangnan Yiye, also known as Yiweng, was born in Chuansha, Jiangsu Province (now Pudong New District, Shanghai). During his lifetime, he served as a mail truck escort at the Mail Transfer Office of the Shanghai Post Bureau. He is a member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, a director of the Shanghai Calligraphers Association, and a librarian of the Shanghai Museum of Literature and History. When Ye was young, he became "fascinated" by the art of seal cutting and calligraphy. In the 27th year of the Republic of China (1938), Deng Sanmu, a famous contemporary epigraphy, calligraphy and painting artist, accepted him as his disciple. Under the guidance of famous teachers, he studied calligraphy and seal cutting assiduously. Even when he was a mail train escort and under the conditions of mobile railway transportation, he did not give up his pursuit of art. Every time I come back from a long journey, I immediately start writing and writing. In 1972, after taking off his green uniform, this old man in his 60s began to write over and over again day and night on famous steles and dharma inscriptions from past dynasties. He also engraved manuscripts from Qin, Han, Ming, Qing and other modern seal-cutting schools, and also recited poems. , dye the painting, absorb the essence of art from many aspects, and create his own unique style.

In 1981, his 8-square giant seal was selected into the National Post and Telecommunications Workers Exhibition of Art, Photography, and Calligraphy Works, and won the first prize. In 1984, his works were exhibited at the Shanghai-Osaka Calligraphy and Seal Engraving Exhibition and the Shanghai Calligraphers Association Member Works Exhibition, and won high praise from the audience. In November 1984, the Shanghai Committee of the China Post and Telecommunications Union held a Ye Yingu calligraphy exhibition for him. In the midwinter of 1985, regardless of his age, he braved the severe cold and traveled thousands of miles to the Songhua River to participate in the collection and appraisal of Deng Sanmu's epigraphy, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and manuscripts hosted by the Deng Sanmu Art Exhibition Hall of the Heilongjiang Provincial Museum. Get the job done well. Ye enthusiastically tutors calligraphy and seal cutting enthusiasts. Even in his twenties, he worked tirelessly as a consultant for the Shanghai Teachers' Calligraphy, Painting and Seal Engraving Research Association, a consultant for the Zhabei District Staff Calligraphy and Art Association, and the president of the Deng Sanmu Art Research Society, teaching skills, cultivating new seedlings, and inheriting and promoting the nation. culture contributes.