Liu Chunlin.
Liu Chunlin (1872-1944), whose courtesy name was Runqin and whose nickname was Shiyun. A native of Suning, Zhili Province, he was the number one scholar in Jiachenke in the 30th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1904). He was also the last number one scholar in Chinese history. He was the so-called "last among the first". Liu Chunlin is good at calligraphy, especially in small regular script. The fine and vigorous writing style of small regular script is highly praised by the world. At that time, it was said that "the big regular script learns from Yan (Yan Zhenqing), and the small regular script learns from Liu (Liu Chunlin)". He has published many small-script calligraphy volumes such as "Preface to the Holy Teachings of the Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty" and "Lanting Preface"; he has also published large-calligraphy postscripts. Liu Chunlin's name has been included in the large-scale dictionary "Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary" published by Hong Kong Calligraphy Publishing House and Guangdong People's Publishing House. Liu Chunlin suffered from heart disease. After being attacked by the Japanese and puppets, his condition gradually worsened. After many treatments failed, he died in Beijing on January 18, 1944 (someone said he died in 1942).
After passing the No. 1 Scholarship, he was taught by the Hanlin Academy to compile and write, and was soon sent to Japan to further his studies at Hosei University in Tokyo. He returned to China in the 33rd year of Guangxu's reign (1907) and served successively as a member of the Advisory Council, a registered envoy to Fujian Province, a promoter of Zhili Law and Political School, and a supervisor of Beiyang Normal School.
After the Revolution of 1911, he lived in seclusion at home for a time, and then served as the internal historian of Yuan Shikai's presidential palace, engaging in some literary entertainment; in December 1917, he served as the director of the Central Agricultural Experimental Field. When Xu Shichang and Cao Kun were presidents, he was awarded the title of Assistant Secretary to the Presidential Palace and Acting Director of the Secretariat Office. Later, he served as director of the Zhili Provincial Department of Education and director of the Zhili Autonomy Preparatory Department. On behalf of Xu Shichang, he twice went to Qufu, Shandong Province to preside over the Confucius Dacheng Festival ceremony, and became famous for it.
In 1928, he resigned angrily and masturbated with poems and books in Shanghai and Beijing. Its "Qunyu Mountain House" has a collection of more than 10,000 books of various types. Most of the ancient books are inscribed from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The books in its collection are printed with "Liu Chunlin Seal", "Shi Yun Collection Seal", "Shi Yun Collection", "Run Qin Liu Chunlin" "wait. After Japan invaded China, from the "September 18th" Incident in 1931 to the "July 7th" Incident in 1937, the Japanese recruited him to serve as "Minister of Education of Manchukuo", "Mayor of Peking City" and other pseudo-positions. He was able to maintain In the evening, I refused to say goodbye. For this reason, the Japanese and puppet authorities looted all the treasures of calligraphy and painting collected over the years. He specializes in calligraphy, especially small regular script, and his handwriting is extremely beautiful. After the "September 18th" Incident in 1931 and the "July 7th" Incident in 1937, we were able to maintain the late festival. He died of a heart attack in 1944 at the age of 72.
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