After entering the university, I got careful guidance from many famous teachers such as Feng Youlan, Ji Ji and Dong Zuobin. He read Zhang Zhidong's bibliography question and answer, the general catalogue of Si Quan Shu, the exegesis of Liang Qichao's important books, mastered the key to open the treasure house of ancient documents, studied a large number of ancient documents and academic works, and initially realized that the Ganjia School in Qing Dynasty attached importance to exegesis. During this period, he also carefully delineated books such as Shuowen Xue Jie, Erya and Dialect. Six years of college life (including two years of preparatory courses) broadened his horizons, defined his direction, and laid a solid foundation for his lifelong academic research.
He is also a person who loves life and has wide interests. When he was young, he liked painting and always followed his cousin (a local folk painter) to see his paintings. In middle school, Mr. Tong, an art teacher, appreciated his painting talent very much and often asked him to draw a fan for him. After arriving at the university, the heavy study did not weaken his interest in painting. He initiated the establishment of an art research society and was elected as the person in charge. He paints and manages printing in his spare time. He also works as an art teacher in Kaifeng Modern Middle School. When the director of the Fine Arts Department of Jinan University came to give lectures, he made a special trip to ask for advice. After listening to Mr. Tao's guidance, his painting skills improved rapidly. I also joined Hengmen Poetry Club, a literary society in Kaifeng cultural circle, with my classmates, and wrote poems and lyrics with my predecessors to exchange experiences. In order to enliven the monotonous campus life and out of love for traditional Chinese opera, he and his classmates organized an amateur Henan Opera Troupe, and BLACKPINK appeared and played a role. He also gave the troupe an nickname-Ba Drama Club, which means popular local drama club.
/kloc-in the winter of 0/930, Yu Xiansheng completed the credits and graduated from Heda University. 193 1 spring, employed as a teacher in Xinyang Provincial Third Normal School. After returning home due to illness. /kloc-in the spring of 0/932, he was invited to teach in the 13th Middle School of Qinyang Province in northern Henan. At that time, warlords were fighting and the flames were soaring, and signs could be seen everywhere. When witnessing this chaotic situation, he often lamented that he was worried about his country and people.
Painting a corner of the barren city moved the guests to mourn and went on stage bored.
Shicheng touched many army horses and brought them into Red Sheep to rob the disaster.
Sad and disorderly chanting in the new fu hurts everyone who regrets Du Lingcai.
The lakes and mountains in spring are picturesque, and I can't bear to see them everywhere.
-Night View of Xinyang Tower
/kloc-in the summer of 0/932, he was admitted to the Institute of Chinese Studies of yenching university Research Institute in Beiping with excellent results, and his desire for further study was realized.
Yenching university is an American Church-run school (now located in Peking University). The campus environment is elegant, the library is rich and there are many famous teachers. It is a good place for study and research. Here, under the guidance of many masters of Chinese studies, Yu Xiansheng devoted himself to studying ancient Chinese, ancient phonology and ancient philology. In the first year, he wrote his first novel "General Poetics" and won the first-class academic award 400 yuan awarded by the Henan Provincial Department of Education 1933. After that, he turned to the writing of rhymes of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties. 1934 completed the first draft in the second half of the year, and won the academic award 600 yuan awarded by the Henan Provincial Department of Education again this year. The manuscript was written in 1935 and submitted to Zhonghua Book Company for printing and publication, which filled a blank in the study of ancient sound history. Yenching university attached great importance to this research achievement and gave him the 500 yuan Prize as an encouragement before he graduated. The award is funded by Harvard University, also known as Harvard Scholarship. Only four people won the prize this time, and Yu Xiansheng came first.
1936 in may, three volumes and one letter of "Fu Yun of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties" were officially published, which caused great repercussions in academic circles. Famous linguists such as Qian, Sui, Moon Jae in and Wang Li. Wrote a lot of praises. Mr. Qian Xuantong replaced the preface with a letter: "I suddenly saw a great work, which is the most difficult to tell in the history of music in this country." Over the past few years, Mr. Wang has tried his best to explore it and prove it one by one ... Mr. Wang's contribution to ancient music is unprecedented, and his brother is really happy and surprised! " In "Random Thoughts", Mr. Wang said: "Searching for information, examining it carefully and praising it are not as good as An Lan!" In the preface, Mr. Moon Jae in also commented and praised: "For this reason, it is difficult for An Lan to think, and some people are difficult to catch. The division of chapters, the difference of rhymes, the similarities and differences of words, the authenticity of the author, repeated debates and repeated drafts, the most urgent task is to take care of the heart and do it again, which is difficult for readers. " In a book review published in Tianjin Ta Kung Pao Book Supplement on September 17 of that year, Mr. Wang Li pointed out: "The sound and rhyme are combined into one, and the reality is separated, and the boundary is obviously in line with contempt. In addition, the separation of steaming and boarding and the separation of professional ethics are regarded as exceptions, which makes sense. ..... The division of the three stages is particularly appropriate. If you can add Li Dong, it will become a masterpiece. " This book is Yu Xiansheng's masterpiece and one of the pioneering works in the history of phonology in China. It enriches the language treasure house of the motherland and has international influence. The Japanese Ji Gu Society photocopied this book at 1970. 1989, this book was republished by Henan People's Publishing House after re-collating, and it is still a must-read book for the study of medieval phonology.
Following the rhyme of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, Zhonghua Book Company invited Yu Xiansheng to write A New Theory of Art.. With his profound knowledge of literature and history research and strong interest in art theory, he has carefully sorted out and carefully researched a large number of painting theory materials, and sorted out 54 kinds of painting theory works in chronological order, with relevant background materials and collating notes. After more than a year's efforts,1June, 937, his second book, Painting Theory Series, was published in six volumes. The publication of this book was welcomed by the art world. Qi Baishi, a famous painter, wrote the title and designed the cover for the book respectively. Yu He, a famous art historian, prefaced the book respectively and said, "Although the book has been widely compiled, it has never been published in series. With this compilation, the origin and essence of ancient and modern painting theory can be fully prepared and can be grasped by later learning. " "Mr. An Lan is knowledgeable and versatile. He not only wrote verse, but also compiled painting theory ... what is his contribution to Yilin? " Famous painters Mr. Huang and Mr. Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts also expressed their appreciation for the publication of Painting Theory. 1957 Beijing People's Fine Arts Publishing House reprinted this book, 1960, 1989 reprinted many times. 1978, Zhonghua Book Company in Hong Kong reprinted this book, which was very popular in Southeast Asian countries.
Just when his career was in full swing,1On July 7, 937, the Lugouqiao Incident broke out. Beiping and Tianjin fell one after another. He wanted to go south to his hometown, but the traffic was interrupted and he had to stay in Peiping. In order to make a living, he went to Beiping Huiwen Middle School to teach. After school, I am still committed to the collation and research of ancient books. He searched "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" which he worked hard during his college years, and broke the original arrangement style. Starting from the convenience and practicality of retrieval, he gathered people with similar meanings in the original radical together, and annotated all the annotators of Shuowen with unearthed Oracle Bone Inscriptions, thus forming the book Shuowen Jiezi Simple Category. In addition, in order to facilitate senior three students' reading, he specially selected 100 biographies of famous writers who were influential in the literary history before the Qing Dynasty, punctuated in detail, marked the source and divided the times, and named them "Biographies of Writers of Past Dynasties", which was printed by the school and distributed to students, and was well received.
1939 During the summer vacation, Han Jing Railway was opened to traffic. He resigned from Huiwen Middle School and returned to his hometown. After that, he taught in Huaxian United Middle School until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
From 65438 to 0946, at the invitation of Henan University, Yu Xiansheng returned to his alma mater to teach. 1948, moved to Suzhou with He Da. A year later, Kaifeng was liberated, and he and He Da returned to the capital of song dynasty.
1September, 949, participated in the political study organized by the school and carried out ideological transformation. In the next business transformation, Yu Xiansheng's major was temporarily useless because the school streamlined the curriculum, so he was dismissed by the school. Since then, he has applied to teach in Wuhan Institute of Education and Xinxiang Plain Teachers College. 1955, the department was adjusted and returned to the Chinese Department of Kaifeng Normal University. From then on, it became his home for the rest of his life.
After 1957, political movements were frequent. Yu Xiansheng has also been treated unfairly. The department didn't arrange courses for him and let him work in the reference room. Yu Xiansheng doesn't care about this. He thought it was a good opportunity for study and research, so he settled down and began to implement his research and writing plan here.
He first set out to compile a series of paintings. After 7 years, * * * collected 22 kinds of monographs on painting history, collected biographies of famous painters from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to modern times, and made detailed collation and punctuation. Published by Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House, 1963. Two ten volumes, beautifully printed. 1970, this book was reprinted in Taiwan Province province, and hardcover Japanese translations of the series of painting theory and painting history were also published in Japan. 1984, Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House took Yu Xiansheng's advice and changed the book into five paperbacks for the convenience of ordinary readers.
After the publication of Painting History Series, Yu Xiansheng began to collect and sort out the materials of his next planned art history monograph Painting Products Series, and drew up the compilation plans of Poetics, Brief Interpretation of Ancient Books and Model Language.
From 65438 to 0966, when the Cultural Revolution began, Yu Xiansheng was doomed to failure. He was branded as a "reactionary academic authority". He marched, criticized, wrote inspections and reformed through labor. However, this inhuman treatment did not shake Yu Xiansheng's persistent pursuit of academic research. In the early 1970s, the criticism of "smelly Laojiu" was not so fierce, and he was no longer the key object of critical struggle. When he was nearly seventy years old, he took time to return to his old job and started his research and writing at home. Whether it is hot or cold, he insists on writing. During this period, he and some old friends in the calligraphy circle, such as Wu Muyao, Chen and Niu Guangfu, began to resume contacts, and some young and middle-aged calligraphy lovers began to come to the door for advice. A calligraphy club was established in Kaifeng Cultural Center, and Yu Xiansheng was invited to give lectures in Kaifeng. He gladly went there and compiled a selection of calligraphy books for students, which were printed by the cultural center and distributed to everyone.
1976, the gang of four was crushed, everything revived, and Yu Xiansheng also ushered in the spring of his academic research. Once again, he boarded the long-lost platform and taught students ancient Chinese and ancient characters. From 65438 to 0983, graduate students were recruited to train high-level professionals in writing, exegetics and phonology. Because Yu Xiansheng has made great achievements in many disciplines, his academic influence spread at home and abroad, and his various academic activities began to increase. He was invited to participate in China Exegetics Society, China Phonology Society, China Artists Association and China Calligraphers Association, and served as consultant to China Exegetics Society, China Phonology Society, Henan Language Society, Henan Artists Association and Henan Calligraphers Association. From 65438 to 0984, he served as director of the Institute of Ancient Books Arrangement of Henan University.
After the lecture, Yu Xiansheng sorted out the manuscripts that had been sealed for many years and condensed his great efforts, and sent them to the publishing house for publication. 1982, Shanghai Fine Arts Publishing House published his painting series, the title of which was inscribed by the famous painter Liu Haisu. This book compiles 13 kinds of works that record the traces of painting from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Yuan Dynasty, with detailed punctuation and collation, and forms a whole with the previously published series of painting theory and painting history. It has become an important achievement in sorting out and excavating the heritage of Chinese painting, with high academic value, and has been designated as a must-read reference book by higher art colleges.
1989, Henan people's publishing house reprinted his "collation rhyme of Han, Wei and Six Dynasties Fu". 1992, Sichuan People's Publishing House published his Collection of Poems. This book classifies and examines the essence of poetic theory in past dynasties according to genre, origin and practice. Mr Zhao Puchu wrote the title for it. Today's famous scholars Huang Tianji and Zhan spoke highly of this book. In the same year, Henan University Press published his Brief Interpretation of Ancient Books, the title of which was inscribed by Mr. Wang Li. The book extensively collects and extracts words with special uses from ancient books, which are divided into three parts according to their shapes, sounds and meanings, and each part is divided into several categories. Examples are listed after each word, so that readers can understand the evolution of glyphs, the course of phonology and the development of meaning, thus eliminating the obstacles for teenagers to read ancient books. He also organized graduate students and young teachers to compile a book based on their original materials to guide young people to take the road of academic research. After decades of silence, Yu Xiansheng ushered in the second bumper harvest of his career. 1985, he wrote poems to show his ambition:
Years have been frosted, and eating sugarcane roots is sweeter.
May God bless your health and be a 78-year-old cow.
1986, Yu Xiansheng retired. He "doesn't want to go with the flow all his life." Although he left his post, he still focused on academics and promoted sages and excellent national culture. After he retired, although he was 85 years old, he still tirelessly ran around and advocated commemorating the cultural sages of Henan. His advocacy has been highly valued by provincial party Committee leaders and relevant municipal leaders. In recent ten years, Xu Shen's Tomb, Xu Shen Memorial Hall, Wu Daozi Memorial Hall, Zhang Heng Memorial Hall, Zhang Zhongjing Memorial Hall and Mulan Memorial Hall have been built in Henan successively. He also worked hard in the book world, writing a large number of calligraphy works for calligraphy lovers from all walks of life, and never received a penny of "embellishment". 1992, on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday, Henan University and Chinese Department specially held a ceremony for his ninetieth birthday in recognition of his important contributions to the cultural and educational undertakings in China for decades.
1993 Summer, Yu Xiansheng was hospitalized. /kloc-August 6/kloc-August 6, Yu Xiansheng died of heart failure at the age of 98.