Zhang Yuanji has made outstanding contributions to the development of cultural publishing in China and the arrangement and publication of outstanding national cultural heritage. When he presided over the Commercial Press, the Commercial Press developed from a printing workshop to the most influential publishing enterprise in China's modern history.
The new textbooks he compiled are popular all over the country, which is of pioneering significance in the history of modern education in China. He introduced a large number of foreign academic and literary masterpieces such as The Theory of Evolution translated by Yan Fu and La Traviata translated by Lin Shu, which had a wide and far-reaching influence.
He presided over the photocopying of four series, proofreading and printing Twenty-four History of Baiqu Edition, and founded the Oriental Library, which made great contributions to the preservation of national culture. Author of "School History and Chinese National Character Essay".
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1959 August 14 At 8: 00 pm, this patriotic old man who participated in the Reform Movement of 1898, made great contributions to the publishing industry in China, and participated in the work of founding ceremony, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the National People's Congress, finished his life journey and died at the age of 93.
On the afternoon of August 17, the memorial service was held in Wanguo Funeral Home, Jiaozhou Road, Shanghai. Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou and other central leaders presented wreaths to more than 200 participants. The ceremony was presided over by Cao Diqiu, vice mayor of Shanghai, and Gu, director of Shanghai Historical Literature Library, gave a eulogy. After cremation, the ashes were buried in Lianyi Mountain Villa. In front of the tomb stands a tombstone inscribed by an old friend Chen Shutong: "Tomb of Yuanji, Mr. Zhang Jusheng, Haiyan, Zhejiang."
Mr Zhang Yuanji advocated thin burial all his life. 195 1 years ago, he wrote an obituary for himself: "There was a sudden illness in the winter of the previous year, and one illness lasted for several years. He died on ××××× this year (filled in Zi Shunian). He was cremated immediately after the terrible legacy, and he dared not hold a funeral. It is particularly worthy of tribute and mourning. I humiliated Lotus and knew love before I died. Since then, I have delivered a long speech. "
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhang Yuanji