Zhang Yuanji, a scholar in the former Qing Dynasty, wrote a couplet: "Words are naturally interesting, and things should be in tune."
A pair of couplets was written by Zhang Yuanji, the last academician and great scholar in the Qing Dynasty. He was once the prime minister of Zhang Jing and the yamen of state affairs. Later, he was dismissed because he failed to participate in the Reform Movement of 1898. Needless to say, this old guy's literary attainments have gone through the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China and China people's three dynasties, and he has dealt with Manchu nobles, foreigners, celebrities from all walks of life in the Republic of China, the Kuomintang and the * * * production party.
He encouraged Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan, and later made friends with Mao Zedong. At the age of 83, he became the curator of Shanghai Museum of Literature and History. The old man lived to be 93 years old. I guess, no matter how he keeps in good health, he can live a long life and is inseparable from his open-minded temperament. This couplet depicts his character and the way of dealing with people well.
At the beginning of the 37-year Anti-Japanese War, Mr. Zhang Lao wrote a book "Personality of the Chinese Nation" to educate China people, especially young people, to be fearless of risks and resist rape and rebellion.
He extracted eight stories from Historical Records, Zuo Zhuan and Warring States Policy and translated them into vernacular Chinese, all of which belonged to those heroes who were generous, courageous and sacrificed their lives for righteousness. Their personalities are also sublimated in death, such as Gongsun Chujiu's loyalty and Cheng Ying's faith. Wu Shang died of filial piety;
Tian Guang died for keeping his word, Fan died for fighting righteousness, Jing Ke died for defending his duty, and Gao Jianli died for revenge. It's all about "living even after death." At the critical juncture of national peril, Zhang Yuanji advocated such a national personality, and his intention was obviously very clear. The dignity of this nation and its own personality are all contained in the "human feelings" of "doing everything in time".
Scholars use pens to serve the country, and Zhang Yuanji best interprets this sentence with his own practical actions. He can't pick up a gun and a knife to fight on the battlefield, so he tries his best with his writing.
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Zhang Yuanji (1867101October 25th-1959 August 14, died at 9 1), male, born in Haiyan, Zhejiang. China was an outstanding publisher, educator and patriotic industrialist in modern times.
Born into a noble family and scholarly family. In the late Qing Dynasty, he was a scholar, joined imperial academy as Jishi Shu, and later served as Zhang Jing in the Prime Minister's Office. From 65438 to 0902, Zhang Yuanji entered the Commercial Press and served as the director, manager, supervisor and chairman of the compilation institute. After liberation, he served as curator of Shanghai Literature and History Museum and later as chairman of the Commercial Press. 1August 1959 14 died in Shanghai at the age of 92.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhang Yuanji