Hu Shiyu (1868~1938), named Yun, courtesy name Jiesheng, alias Shouhe, Banlan Jiulu, was born in Penglang Town, Kunshan. In his early days, he taught at Suzhou Caoqiao Middle School, where he considered the school his home. I have been engaged in education for decades. He is knowledgeable and proficient in art. He is good at poetry and writing. His poems are light and leisurely, and his spirit is like Lu Fangweng. In 1912 (45 years old), he entered Nanshe and was respected as one of the poets of Nanshe. Liu Yazi was surprised by his quick poetic talent and praised him for his "eight crosses and seven steps". Jin Songcen commented on his poems as: The poems are pure and untainted by contemporary habits. He is also a painter, especially good at painting plum blossoms. He likes to make large paintings and paint plum blossoms in ink. Because the materials are drawn from daily life and do not fall behind the old model, the writing is natural, the paintings are different, the branches are vertical and horizontal, the atmosphere is majestic, the objects are borrowed to express one's aspirations, and the charm is elegant and elegant. Painting plum blossoms, painting leaves, painting plum blossoms, painting plum blossoms, painting numerous branches without complementing the flowers and stamens, this is the creative style of his painting. Zeng Yun: "When I was young, there was a plum tree to the south of the fence behind the house. It had not bloomed for many years. It was played as a song to encourage flowers, and the paintings were only of numerous branches, which is also a documentary." He painted fifty plum trees in his life. In the 1980s, his reputation rose, and people seeking paintings came one after another, and he became famous all over Jiangzuo. He must compose his own poems when painting, and his poems and paintings are a perfect combination. For example, a masterpiece in "Painting Plum Blossoms to Give to Yazi" says: "The vastness is vast, the light of the cold star is lonely and moist, and the light is full of fragrance." Combined with the exquisite regular script of one hand, the more spiritual it is, the more it can be said to be three unique masterpieces. In his later years, he continued to study diligently, writing articles, reciting poems, waving brush strokes in the pond, and practicing making big characters on big blue bricks every day. During the Anti-Japanese War, he suffered from erysipelas and was infected with bacillary dysentery. Treatment failed and he died in Zhangcun, Tongling, Anhui. He wrote numerous works throughout his life, including "Collected Works of Banlan Old House", "Collected Poems of Banlan Old House", "Poetry Talk of Banlan Old House", "Hundred Jue of Plum Blossoms", "Hundred Jue of Plum Blossoms in the Later Period", "Additional Words on Painted Plum Blossoms", "Hu Family Instructions", "Penglang Poems", "Zhangcun Poems" and dozens of others.
Fang Huan (1867～1932), whose original name was Zhang Fangzhong, had the unique courtesy name, and his later name was Zhuan. Xinyang (the northwest territory of Kunshan was cut off in the Qing Dynasty and merged into Kunshan in the first year of the Republic of China) is a native of Penglang. In the 27th year of Guangxu's reign (1901), he and his colleagues founded the first new school in the city - Yuege Academy in Banyuyuan. In the same year, he initiated the establishment of Tinglin Society in Tinglin Temple (roughly located in today's Peiben Primary School). In the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906), Kunxin Education Association and Chamber of Commerce were established, and they were elected as presidents respectively. During the late Guangxu and Xuantong years, he was elected as a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Consultative Bureau and an elected member of the Qing Government's Zizhengyuan (equivalent to the National Assembly), and actively participated in political affairs. After the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, he participated in the liberation activities of Kunshan together with members of the Tongmenghui. After the victory, he was elected as the Civil Affairs Chief of the Kunshan Civil Affairs Branch (equivalent to the county magistrate). After the Republic of China, she successively served as the principal of Beijing Women's Normal School, the principal of Shanghai China Merchants Public School, and the principal of Nantong Women's Normal School, making contributions to my country's education. When Han Jun was the governor of Jiangsu and Wang Boqun was the minister of transportation of the National Government, he also served as their secretary, responsible for writing important texts and other tasks. Fang Huan was also erudite and talented. He was master of all ancient Chinese prose and poetry. He was especially good at calligraphy and calligraphy. He was famous in the south of the Yangtze River and could be called the "three uniques" of poetry, literature and calligraphy. It is sometimes known as "North and South" (the south is Fanghuan and the north is Fangdishan). Fang Huan's calligraphy works, regardless of whether they are in large or small characters, are graceful, generous, free and elegant, and full of book style. Fang Huan died of illness in Nanjing in April 1932. People in his hometown specially put his coffin on a special train and transported it back to Kunshan. He was buried publicly beside the Dongzhai Lotus Pond at the southeast foot of Ma'anshan in Tinglin Park, and a "Fang Huan Pavilion" was built to commemorate this event. A Kunshan celebrity who has made important contributions to his hometown.