Mr. Shuizi (Mr. Shui Zi) has long been famous in the northwest region, and his name is even more famous in Gansu. He was born in Lanzhou in the 10th year of Guangxu’s reign in the Qing Dynasty (1884), and studied at Yang Xinbo’s School in Nanguan, Lanzhou when he was 9 years old. Private school (private school). At the age of 18, he entered Lanshan Academy after passing the scholar examination. At the age of 24, he was admitted to the Beijing School of Law and Politics. After graduating from the School of Law and Politics at the age of 28, he returned to Lanzhou and served as the principal of Gansu Provincial No. 1 Middle School. Huang Yanpei, Yuan Guanlan, Chen Xiaozhuang, Wang Tianzhu and others participated in the inspection team organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China and went to European and American countries for inspection. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Shui Zi served as the county magistrate of Didao (now Lintao) County, acting secretary-general of Gansu Province, and After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the director of the Gansu Autonomous Preparatory Department, the director of the Gansu Provincial Department of Education, and the director of the Gansu, Ningxia, and Qinghai Examination Offices. The first deputy director of the province. Mr. Shui Zi is not only a famous scholar and educator, but also has a lifelong love for drama and research. He has neat poems and has contributed to the drama industry of Gansu Province. "Left a precious poem for us."
"Mr. Shui Zi's family was born and raised in Gansu. Due to historical opportunities, his family was integrated with the history of Gansu in the 20th century. , from participating in the imperial examination to supporting the National People's Congress, from promoting constitutional government, serving at local and central levels to long-term efforts to revitalize Gansu education, from being a representative of democrats in the early days of the founding of New China to "anti-rightist" and "cultural revolution" A right-winger and a demon among the Chinese, he has gone from welcoming well-known scholars, cultural celebrities and dignitaries from outside the province to becoming one of the central figures among the upper-class celebrities in Gansu society. He is a major participant and witness in modern Gansu history. His family belongs more to Gansu, where he was born and raised. Without Gansu, there would be no history of the Shuizi family. In the same way, if a 20th-century history of Gansu does not include Shuizi and his family, it will also detract from the history of Gansu. History has left some flaws. The Zhili Governor's Office in Baoding, a key national cultural relic protection site, is called half the history of the Qing Dynasty. From this perspective, "Xu Yuan Chun Qiu" can also be called half the history of Gansu." If you are still interested in the Shui family, you can buy a copy of "Xuyuan Spring and Autumn: Shui Zi and His Family". This is "a family biography centered on Shui Zi, a scholar who grew up during the transition period between the old and new cultures in China. As the family history of an ordinary scholar, this book records the turbulent trends of the times from an individual perspective. Its content involves the changes in the social environment and cultural education in the northwest, dating back to the war caused by ethnic conflicts in the northwest during the Tongzhi period, and backward. It narrates the end of the "Cultural Revolution" at the end of the 20th century. It not only contains many little-known historical details, but also reveals the emotional world of the older generation of literati. The book is composed of three parts in different styles: The first part is "Looking at the Mountains". The memories of family history involve the growth process of four generations of the Shui family; the second part, "Shui Zi's Poems and Essays", is Shui Zi's writings about culture, education, political history, etc.; the third part, "Memories·Short Notes", comes from Shui Zi's poems and essays respectively. "The Hands of Zizi's Children" is the memory of modern people's past life. "
The Xu Garden in the title of the book is called the Shui Family Garden in Lanzhou. It is the hometown of the Shui Family and a once famous garden in Lanzhou. , was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.
The following are two calligraphy works by Mr. Shui Zi for appreciation.