Chutian Metropolis Daily, February 26 (Reporter Xu Ying correspondent Li Xia) He is a native of Yidu, Hubei, China, but he is known in Japan as the "father of modern calligraphy"; there are a large number of his calligraphy authenticities in the Hubei Provincial Museum, and his inscription in Wuhan Qintai, and he is Yang Shoujing, a calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty and early Min. On February 26th, the exhibition "The Great Book: Yang Shoujing's Calligraphy Art" was launched at the Wuhan Art Museum.
This exhibition is the wuhan art museum won the Ministry of Culture and Tourism 2018 National Young Curator Support Program selected project. According to curator Zhang Wenbo, in addition to being a calligrapher, Yang Shoujing was also a geographer, edition bibliographer, bibliophile, and epigrapher of modern Chinese history. "There is a Wu Changshuo in Zhejiang, a Qi Baishi in Hunan, and Yang Shoujing in Hubei."
Yang Shoujing is first of all the pride of Yidu people, and many place names in Yidu, Hubei Province, are named "Yang Shoujing", including Yang Shoujing Road and Yang Shoujing Primary School. 180 years ago - 1839, Yang Shoujing was born in Lucheng (Yidu, Hubei) to a small merchant family. When Yang Shoujing was a young scholar, his articles were well written, but his writing was very poor, so he often suffered losses, so he began to practice calligraphy hard. After he was 23 years old, he went to Beijing 7 times to take the exam, but there were no results. The scientific expedition was a dream, but in the process of the scientific expedition, Yang Shoujing became acquainted with a group of like-minded scholars and Jinshi calligraphers and painters, and his calligraphy became more and more beautiful as he grew older.
Yang Shoujing also stayed in Huanggang for one or two decades. From the age of 47 to more than 60, Yang Shoujing served as a teacher in Huanggang and lived next to the former residence of Su Dongpo, which made him very proud. Therefore, he called his library "Linsu Garden" and gave himself the name "Linsu Old Man".
He also has his footprints in Wuhan. From the age of 60 to 72, Yang Shoujing also served as a geography teacher at Wuchang Lianghu Academy, and Zhang Zhidong set up a Qincheng Academy (rebuilt according to Jingxin College), and Yang Shoujing was the chief teacher of the school.
He also traveled east to Japan to spread the idea of epigraphy, and was known in Japan as the "father of modern calligraphy". During his time in Japan, he cut back on food and clothing and rescued a large number of ancient Chinese historical books, which are now stored in major museums and libraries.
Yang Shoujing's "Water Sutra Commentary", which he painstakingly completed in his lifetime for forty years, is a monument in the history of Li Xue. Luo Zhenyu, a master of traditional Chinese studies, once honored Yang Shoujing's "geography", Duan Yujie's "primary school", and Li Shanlan's "arithmetic" as the three "absolute learnings" of the Qing Dynasty.
This exhibition starts with the academic journey of Yang Shoujing's life, and sorts out and presents four sections through yang shoujing and Hubei, Yang Shoujing and Pan Cun, Yang Shoujing's influence on the Japanese book world, and Yang Shoujing's circle of friends. A total of 45 works and some published documents and pictures are exhibited, including 40 calligraphy works by Yang Shoujing in various periods, including the original manuscripts of "Commentaries on Tablets", "Commentaries on Posts", "Xueshu Dialects", and 5 works by Wu Changshuo, Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Yuzhao and other friends who have had close contacts with Yang Shoujing.
The exhibition is sponsored by Wuhan Art Museum and Hubei Provincial Museum, with Yidu Museum and Wuhan Qintai Management Office as supporting units, and will continue to be exhibited until April 7, and the audience can visit the exhibition for free.