Mr. Wang has no children all his life. He is indifferent to fame and fortune, lives a simple life and is even ashamed to talk about money. 1962, my husband, who is nearly 50 years old, took out a loan to buy a house and get married. After marriage, he still lives in an attic hut with a sloping roof of less than 10 square meter on an old building on Zhengzhou Road. According to my husband, this is where the servants used to live. As soon as I entered this attic cabin, I felt depressed: the limited space was full of books, ancient books and copybooks, and it was difficult for several people to turn around. My husband lived for more than 20 years, and it was not until he was transferred to Tianjin Normal University in the 1980s that he had a single room less than 15 square meters, which was regarded as a formal house. It was not until the end of the last century that he was transferred to an old film shop with a total use area of less than 30 square meters. Anyone who has been to his house knows that the temple is not big and the furniture at home is simple. The old rattan chair was tattered and patched with tape, and the old font table for writing could not even see the paint. Aluminum pot for cooking and aluminum pot for boiling water have all changed their shapes, and the outside is blackened, so many people even sit inside. But Mr. Wang left behind a large number of books, ancient books, rare books, rubbings and Gu Shuhua's works, which were impressive.
In the last few months of 2005, my elderly and disease-free husband was lying in bed because of bereavement. 65438+February 1 1 Mr. Chen passed away peacefully at the age of 90. People in the art and calligraphy circles not only admire Mr. Gong Wang's calligraphy, but also praise his character. As Gong Wang, a great calligrapher, said before his death, "Yu Mingshan is a cheerful person, who doesn't follow the trend of the times, doesn't give up his academic fame, and is willing to leave everyone poor, whether today or in the future ..." As an artist and scholar with simple life, solid knowledge and outstanding calligraphy skills, Mr. Gong is the result of decades of painstaking cultivation.