In the 5,000-year history of civilization in China, poetry and calligraphy have never been separated. Throughout the world today, great poets, great calligraphers, great educators and even thinkers who are still popular, such as Wang Xizhi, Du Fu, Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo and Wang Anshi, are all brilliant in literary talent and vigorous in calligraphy. Nowadays, under the influence of westernized education methods and the impact of science and technology culture, the education of poetry and even Chinese studies is being marginalized under the pressure of utilitarianism and pragmatism, and the spread of poetry books is retreating from the public's field of vision in the trend of artistry. At this time, some scholars deeply influenced by traditional culture and education are quietly realizing their dreams with actions, and Zhao Haoru, who is over 60 years old, is one of them.
Tall figure, simple clothes, concise language, iron pen-like writing, quoted classics, vivid reading ... How many people remember the image on this podium? Time flies, the farmland of Yunnan University has been replaced by high-rise buildings and busy streets, and the short ginkgo trees cover the sky in the casual leaves. On this small road named Yinxing Road, young students who are in a hurry are not familiar with this gray-haired rambler, but he never changed his mind and still explored in the fields of poetry, calligraphy and pre-Qin literature research that he liked and engaged in all his life. Perhaps this is his lifelong choice as an educator.