Anecdotes of historical celebrities!

During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Xu Beihong, a great artist, was engaged in artistic creation and research activities in Panxi, Jiangbei, Chongqing. There are many interesting stories circulating in the street, but none of them can clearly reflect his character and character like he painted a cat and gave a horse. 194 1 year, Chiang Kai-shek launched the "Southern Anhui Incident" which shocked China and foreign countries. The progressive teachers and students of Central University hated Chiang Kai-shek's perverse deeds and criticized them one after another. Xu Beihong, who teaches in the art department, returned to the Chinese Academy of Fine Arts organized by Panxi with great anger and drew an angry cat with grief and indignation. In the picture, a male cat like a little tiger stands on a boulder, ears pricked up, eyes shining like a light bulb. The cat should stand upright, gnash its teeth, open its mouth slightly and face the paper to catch the mouse. There is no inscription on the picture, only four small words with profound meaning "a cold in the afternoon" and a sad name. Shortly after Tian Han's visit, Hong Bei showed him this painting. Tian Han was full of praise and immediately recited a poem and wrote it in the upper right corner of the picture with vigorous calligraphy. As a poem says, "I wear a rag robe with me, so I can chew it all night, and * * * is arrogant." No wonder sad Hong writes about angry cats. The poem praises Xu Beihong's sense of justice with clear love and hate. During this period, many national universities were forced to move to Chongqing with the government because of the Kuomintang's non-resistance policy. Shapingba alone has concentrated many schools, such as National Central University, National Chongqing University, Sichuan Education College and National Central Industrial School. Unfortunately, there are many schools in Shapingba, but there is no decent bookstore and no place to publish and sell progressive books. Therefore, the students have repeatedly called for someone to promote this good thing. At that time, there was a Jiangsu man named Chen, who wanted to run a "Zhengfeng Publishing House" in line with public opinion, but suffered from no start-up funds. What shall we do? The professor put forward a plan to Chen, saying, "To get money, only ask Xu Beihong. His paintings were so hot that a horse was sold to 500 yuan. "Chen was very happy after hearing this, because he knew Xu Beihong well, and he also knew the market of master Xu Beihong's exhibitions in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, Penang and other places since the Anti-Japanese War, as well as his donation of exhibition income to refugees who had left their homes. He thought that as long as Xu Beihong thought this small bookstore was valuable, he would give generously. So Chen crossed the river from Shapingba and found Xu Beihong in Panxi, Jiangbei, and boldly expressed his thoughts. After listening to the frank words of this little fellow villager, Xu Beihong pondered for a moment and replied in a solemn tone: "You want to run a publishing house, I support it. I am not a rich man, but I can do it with some money. But to do it, we must have our own characteristics and publish more world famous works and good domestic works. You go back and find some well-known professors from Central University as editorial boards, and they promise to come back and ask me for money. " A few days later, Chen organized an editorial board and came to Panxi. Xu Beihong immediately gave Chen 2,000 yuan as the start-up fee, and said, "This is the price for my two horses." Soon, "Zhengfeng Publishing House" officially opened in Shapingba, and published many world famous books and domestic progressive books, so the story of Xu Beihong opening a bookstore for "Ma" was passed down as a much-told story.