Zhang Chonghe, the "last talented woman", has no descendants.
Zhang Chonghe (1914-June 18th, 215), female, was born in Shanghai, and her ancestral home was Hefei. She was the great-granddaughter of Zhang Shusheng, the governor of Zhili in the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the fourth daughter of Zhang Wuling, a Suzhou educator (the younger sister in "Four Sisters in Hefei").
after Zhang Chonghe went to the United States with her husband in 1949, he taught calligraphy and Kunqu opera in more than 2 universities such as Harvard and Yale for more than 5 years, and worked silently for the promotion of Chinese traditional culture all his life. Known as the "last talented woman" of the Republic of China.
in the early morning of June 18th, 215, Zhang Chonghe died in the United States at the age of 12.
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Zhang Chonghe kept a low profile all his life, being modest and indifferent to fame and fortune. Out of respect, everyone called Zhang Chonghe "Mr. Zhang". She is the wife of the late HansH.Frankel, a famous professor of East Asian Department at Yale, and the only surviving master of calligraphy, Kunqu opera and poetry in the world today. Since Zhang Ailing, Bing Xin died one after another, and Song Meiling passed away, the most common title on her head is "the last talented woman in the Republic of China".
Because Zhang Zhaohe, the wife of the great writer Shen Congwen, is her own sister, her name is often associated with Shen Congwen-the epitaph of Shen Congwen's graveyard in Fenghuang, Xiangxi today was written by her.
She was one of the famous "Four Sisters of the Zhang Family" in Chongqing and Kunming during the Republic of China. She was intelligent, beautiful and knowledgeable. She was a contemporary friend and poet friend of great masters such as Chen Yinque, Jin Yuelin, Hu Shizhi, Zhang Daqian, Shen Yinmo, Zhang Shizhao and Bian Zhilin.
Regarding Zhang Chonghe's talent, Liang Shiqiu said that she was "versatile";
Shen Yinmo said that her calligraphy is "Ming people learn Jin characters";
Professor Bai Qianshen of Boston University said: "Her calligraphy, just like her personality and self-cultivation, is light and elegant.
Ouyang Zhongshi, chairman of China Book Association, thinks: "She is not a calligrapher in the general sense, but a scholar. No matter words, paintings, poems and Kunqu opera, they are all excellent and rare. She has always maintained her original style and high style. Like Kunqu Opera, what she sings is real and unchanged. The running script and zhangcao in calligraphy are very refined, especially the zhangcao is extremely elegant, and it was already a leader in that era. "
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