A few days ago, the Grain Ear Research Association of Qinghe County was established, and the launching ceremony of The Complete Works of Grain Ear was also held.
Mr. Gu Sui is a native of Qianbaying Village, Qinghe County, Hebei Province, a contemporary educator, writer and calligrapher, and an outstanding and rare master of Chinese studies in the 20th century. Mr. Gu Sui's ci created a successful precedent of writing ci in contemporary language, which was an important fulcrum of the transformation of ci style from traditional writing to contemporary writing in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.
It is understood that in order to further tap and carry forward the great cultural achievements of the hometown celebrity Mr. Gu Sui, Qinghe County has established the Gu Sui Research Association, with Professor Gu Zhijing, the daughter of Gu Sui, as honorary president, and its members are composed of people who are enthusiastic about Gu Sui's research and have certain attainments in cultural education, poetry and novels, calligraphy and Buddhism. Qinghe County will also set up a memorial hall for Gu Sui to collect and display Mr. Gu Sui's works and conduct academic exchanges with literary figures from all walks of life.
At the same time, the county also held the launching ceremony of "The Complete Works of Grains and Ears". It is understood that the ten-volume Complete Works of Gu Sui was published by Hebei Education Publishing House, including ten chapters including poems, novels, handouts, letters and calligraphy.