First of all, introduction:
Wu Dacheng (1835-1902), whose original name was Da Chun, whose name was Jing, whose name was Qing Qing, whose name was Heng Xuan, and later Lu Zhai, was born in Wuxian County, Jiangsu Province (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province). Officials, scholars, inscriptions, painters, and national heroes in the Qing Dynasty. In the seventh year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1868), he was a scholar. Good at painting landscapes and flowers, and good at seal calligraphy. Thanks for the appreciation of epigraphy.
After the Second Opium War 1886, Wu Dacheng negotiated with Russia. He argued, forcing China to build a new earth monument and compromise the right to go to sea: although he could not enjoy the right to go to sea at the mouth of Tumen River, Russian ships could go to sea through the tunnel, which Russia could not stop.
Wu Dayou also tried to delay the negotiations and forced Russia to return the Heidingzishan area (now Jingxin Town, Hunchun, Jilin). His strategic vision and patriotism are praised by later generations.
Second, the artistic features:
Wu Dacheng is good at the identification and textual research of ancient Chinese characters, as well as seal cutting, calligraphy and painting. Wu Dacheng's calligraphy is most famous for seal script. His seal script is very distinctive, combining the ancient seal script with the small seal script, and his skill is very deep, that is, he usually uses neat and exquisite seal script for it, with neat rules and unique feelings. He studied seal script with Chen Shuo's father in his early years, and took part in the study of ancient seal script after middle age, which was of great benefit to calligraphy.
Wu Dacheng's family background and achievements;
First, the family:
1, Brother Wu Daheng.
2. Daughter Wu Benxian married Yuan Shikai's eldest son.
Daughter Wu Benjing married Fei.
The daughters of my nephew Wu Benshan have married Zhang Shiyi one after another.
Wu Benshan's son Wu Hufan adopted Wu Dacheng as his grandson.
Second, the results:
1, consolidate the border defense:
Wu Dacheng was the first person to develop Muling River in modern times. 1880, Wu Dacheng was appointed to handle border affairs in Dong Jiao. Take effective measures to implement the policy of recruiting people to secure the border and stationing wasteland to defend the border, provide convenience for border residents and business travelers, build roads, bridges and post stations, and strengthen the defense forces in the border areas.
18 households were recruited from Zhaoyuan, Shandong province and Jinxian county, Liaoning province in 88218 households, and the Muling River Reclamation Bureau was established in Diaoyutai. 1883 changed to Muling River Reclamation Bureau and moved to Shangchengzi (now Xingyuan Town).
2. Delimitation negotiations:
1886, Wu Dacheng was appointed as the plenipotentiary to preside over the demarcation between China and Russia. With his patriotic feelings and indomitable spirit of "an inch of land and an inch of heart" and "the struggle must be fought", he was not afraid of foreign powers in the negotiations, and achieved important results such as re-establishing the "local signboard", recovering the black T-shape occupied by Russia for seven years, and winning the sea control right at the mouth of Tumen River.