Study on Weng Tonghe's Calligraphy

Weng Tonghe (1830~ 1904) was born in Changshu, Jiangsu. Calligrapher of Qing Dynasty. The word shuping,no. songchan, no. Lie down safely at night. Xianfeng six years (1856) Jinshi. Officially co-sponsored college students, the Minister of Housing, and participated in the maintenance. 1898 Guangxu coup, dismissed from office to Li. China is a famous politician and calligraphy artist in modern history. Chasing Wen Gong after death. Learn from Han and Song Dynasties, be literate in Tongcheng, and have poems near Jiangxi. Calligraphy is vigorous and bone-opening. Young students learn from Europe and Chu, while middle-aged students concentrate on Yan Zhenqing, especially Suzhou and rice. He writes poetry and occasionally paints, especially calligraphy. Immersed in Han Li in his later years, he was the first among his peers and writers. Calligraphers at that time admired his calligraphy attainments. Mr. Sha Menghai pointed out in the article "Three Hundred Years of Calligraphy": "He was born at the latest, so he was able to learn from others, especially Qian Feng's method, and sometimes mixed with the style of the northern tablet school. Get through Yan Yan and the North Monument. This is the characteristic of Weng Tonghe. " He is the author of Poems in the Bottle House and Diary of Weng Wengong Gong Gong. There are many books handed down from ancient times. Fan Facing Huashan Monument was written in the 23rd year of Guangxu (1896). Paper and ink, official script 3 lines, ***8 words, inscription 10 lines, ***46 words. His calligraphy is best at regular script and running script. It occupies an important position in the book circle of Qing dynasty and has a high evaluation. This fan has three styles: Li, Xing and Kai. Although the inscriptions and inscriptions are small, they occupy more than half of the space, and the overall layout is both sparse and refined, which is very appropriate. The fan-shaped writing is an 8-character official script, which shows its profound official script skills. Tie a knot with a pen and obey the ancient law. Postscript running script, 8 lines and 37 words, old and powerful, heavy and bookish. The inscription is in regular script, which has a great flavor of North Monument. Tsui Hark's "Clearing Banknotes" said: "In his later years, his achievements were far away from the Western Qin Dynasty and above the South Garden. Liu Shi 'an, a calligrapher of China Dynasty, was released to the outside world unsurpassed, not to mention Weng Tonghe was born in Beijing on April 27th (1830 May 19). When I was four years old, my grandmother Mrs. Zhang and my mother Xu returned to my hometown Changshu from Beijing. Weng Tonghe studied hard since childhood, read through the four books and five classics, and was admitted to Changshu Xueyou College of Literature with excellent results. In the twenty-five years of Daoguang (1845), he was admitted to the academy and was admitted to the Jinshi; Xianfeng two years (1852) Shuntian township examination should be recommended; In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), he won the first prize in the palace examination. 1857, he was awarded writing and work in the academician courtyard. Later, he was promoted to be the deputy examiner of the provincial examination by Emperor Xianfeng, and tried Shaanxi and Shanxi successively. In the fourth year of Tongzhi (1865), Weng Tonghe was ordered to go to Hongde Hall and be awarded Tongzhi Emperor. In the first year of Guangxu (1875), he was ordered to walk in Yuqing Palace and taught Emperor Guangxu for more than twenty years. Weng Tonghe is knowledgeable. In addition to teaching Confucian compulsory books such as the Four Books and Five Classics, he also specially arranged many books on Chinese and foreign history, science and technology and early reformism. He paid equal attention to new learning and old learning, combined western learning with middle school, followed suit, and guided Emperor Guangxu to care about real politics, pay attention to the general trend at home and abroad, eliminate accumulated disadvantages, and vigorously strengthen discipline. Weng Tonghe infiltrated his practical education thought into his political and teaching activities, which played an indelible role in the development of modern education and was called the first mentor of modern education. Weng Tonghe's education expanded Guangxu's knowledge field and laid an ideological foundation for launching the Reform Movement in the future. Weng Tonghe handled many cases during his tenure as the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice. Among them, the most influential one was that he rehabilitated the unjust case of Chinese cabbage in Yang Naiwu, which was a sensation throughout the country at that time and became a household name for more than a hundred years. The Ministry of War is the highest decision-making body of the Qing Dynasty since Yongzheng. Weng Tonghe joined the army for the first time, from November of the eighth year of Guangxu (1882) to March of the tenth year of Guangxu (1884), during the Sino-French War. The second time was from June in the 20th year of Guangxu (1894) to April in the 24th year of Guangxu (1898), which coincided with the Sino-Japanese War and the Reform Movement of 1898. He participated in the decision-making of the main battle between France and Japan. In his attitude towards the invaders, he fought resolutely with the pacifists, which fully reflected his patriotism. The fiasco of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 directly triggered the Reform Movement of 1898, which was an unprecedented profound change in China's modern social and political history. Weng Tonghe followed the historical development trend and recommended Kang Youwei and other progressives to Emperor Guangxu. Kang Youwei was praised as "the first mentor of China's reform". He advocated the reform, drafted and published the programmatic document of the Reform Movement of 1898, which opened the prelude of the Reform Movement of 1898. Weng Tonghe was vacant and returned to China because he violated the interests of the die-hards headed by Empress Dowager Cixi. After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, Empress Dowager Cixi still held a grudge and ordered Weng Tonghe to be dismissed and never used again, and handed over to local officials for strict control. The 70-year-old man stood at the forefront of the times for the survival of the country and the nation with his prominent position as an important official and senior official of the Qing court, so he was recorded in history. In the 24th year of Guangxu (1June, 898 15), Weng Tonghe was driven out of Beijing by Cixi. Back to my hometown of Changshu, I started a semi-secluded life in front of the tomb of Lu. In the days when he was trapped in Yushan and unhappy, many of his proteges "shared their salaries and gifts equally". 1On July 4th, 904, Weng Tonghe, who suffered a lot in the changeable situation, passed away full of depression and sadness. On his deathbed, he said, "For sixty years, I was so sad that I couldn't close my coffin. Don't shed two lines of tears, just wave at you. " In just four sentences, the story tells the ups and downs and infinite sadness of Song Wei's Zen career.