It has been more than six years since Zhang, a calligraphy critic, opened the column "My Views" in Calligraphy Newspaper. After this incident, the column stopped. After Zhang's article was published, on May 30, 20 12, No.21,the fifth edition of Calligraphy Newspaper, issued a statement: "An article recently published by this newspaper involved Mr. Bi Zheng and Mr. Bi Zheng, the current chairman of Jilin Book Association, and many of them were inaccurate and biased, which had a bad influence on them.
This apology caused a one-sided response in the calligraphy circle, and most readers pointed out that it was inappropriate. A reader said that every sentence in the original exhortation article was reasonable, and he did not see "inaccuracy and bias" at all, nor did he feel that "it had a bad influence on the two gentlemen". How did he apologize? Calligraphy newspaper seldom apologizes under pressure. Why should "exhortation" apologize? This apology closed the way for the calligraphy circle in Jilin Province, and this apology shamed the whole calligraphy circle in Jilin Province! "
For this apology statement, an insider who has a close relationship with Calligraphy Newspaper said that the statement was made as a last resort, and the real reason was that Jilin Calligraphy Association subsequently put pressure on Jilin Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Hubei Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the competent units of Calligraphy Newspaper. Relevant personnel of Calligraphy Newspaper made a special trip to Jilin Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Book Association to apologize for this, and finally met a series of demands of the other party. One of the results was that Zhang column was stopped. In fact, Tian Rui Viewpoint, which has been maintained for more than six years, has become a brand of calligraphy newspaper, and the chain reaction caused by the closure of this column is also a great harm to calligraphy newspaper.