From 65438 to 0938, Meixiang Chen was born in Quanzhou, a famous historical and cultural city. There are many famous calligraphers in history here. Cai Xiang, a native of Su Huang in Song Dynasty, was the prefect of Quanzhou. Zhang Ruitu, a native of Zhang Nan Dong in Ming Dynasty, was born in Quanzhou. Xiang Mei followed strict father's teachings since childhood and loved calligraphy. She often goes to Qingyuan Mountain, Kaiyuan Temple, Luoyang Bridge and other places of interest. And watched the cliff stone carvings and famous monuments of celebrities in previous dynasties. He carefully pondered the calligraphy art of famous artists and was deeply impressed. He studied hard and practiced hard, facing the pool, hot and cold. A few years later, he became famous in his hometown because of his good handwriting. In a short time, I came to Xiamen, met Rodin, a famous calligrapher, and held a ceremony to accept disciples. Under the guidance of Lao Luo, he was taught modestly and studied diligently. Finally, he won many awards in Xiamen Calligraphy Competition and made his mark.

Chinese name: Meixiang Chen.

Mbth: Chen Meixiang

Nationality: China.

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Place of birth: Quanzhou

Date of birth:1August 938

Occupation: calligrapher, teacher

Representative works: get out of the misunderstanding and improve the quality; Integrating moral education into calligraphy teaching.

Title: Honorary President of China Sinology Research Association and Academic Advisor of Philippine Literature and Art Society.

biography

Meixiang Chen, born in August, 1938, is a senior teacher in Xiamen No.1 Middle School.

He is currently a member of China Calligraphers Association, director of Calligraphy Education Committee of China Education Association, member of China Old Professors Association, vice chairman of China Calligraphers Association, honorary president of China National Studies Association, executive director of China Hard Pen Calligraphers Association, honorary chairman of China Wuling Calligraphers Association, visiting professor of Shandong Institute of Contemporary Art, member of Xiamen Federation of Literary and Art Circles, consultant of Hong Kong (Overseas) Writers Association, Honorary President of Hong Kong China International Calligraphers and Collectors Association, Hong Kong (foreign) culture and art, has been invited to hold book fairs in Singapore for four times, participated in the 7th International Calligraphy Exchange Singapore Exhibition, and shined brilliantly at the opening pen meeting, which won favorable comments. Calligraphy works have participated in many book fairs at home and abroad and won awards. His works have spread to Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan Province, Singapore, the Philippines, the United States, Japan and other places, and have been collected by many museums, exhibition halls and memorial halls, or engraved on the stone tablets of many places of interest and cultural relics protection units.

Meet bole

196 1 year, Meixiang Chen, who works in the Academic Affairs Office of No.1 Middle School of Xiamen University, met Bole. Then the school.

Mr. Chen (now the father of State Councilor Chen Zhili), the vice-president in charge of teaching, has an eye for talent and helped the 23-year-old to teach calligraphy in the whole school, which provided him with a good opportunity to become a calligrapher and calligraphy educator and opened the door to success. Meixiang Chen realized that he had a heavy burden on his shoulders. In order to ensure the quality of teaching, he had to constantly improve his calligraphy level and theoretical level. He believes that calligraphy teaching should enable students to practice the basic skills of regular script and official script. So I chose regular script and official script as my main goals. In the early 1960s, in a small, damp house on Xinhua Road, Xiamen, a young man in his early twenties, after correcting students' calligraphy homework, was still studying hard in the pool until late at night. In the morning, I smelled the chicken waving again. This young man is Meixiang Chen. In this humble room, Meixiang Chen gave special tutoring to a group of top students who love calligraphy. It is also in this humble room that Meixiang Chen often learns calligraphy skills from friends in the painting and calligraphy circles. As an old-timer in the field of calligraphy art, Meixiang Chen always tries his best to seize every opportunity to seek advice and listen to the teachings face to face.

serve the society

Inscribe an inscription on a signboard

In addition to his busy teaching work, Meixiang Chen also actively served the society and was invited to serve many universities at home and abroad.

Enterprises, restaurants and schools write signs. Such as Njogu Battery Factory, Lei Yue Men Seafood Restaurant, Putaihua School in Thailand, Hua Fu Securities Company in Hong Kong, Longgang Processing Factory in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, Shanghai Weir Plastic Products Co., Ltd., Chongqing Xinlian Commercial Bank, Zhejiang Yuhang Taishan Building Materials Factory, Fuan Tianrun Restaurant, etc.

For Mo Bao.

"peaches and plums don't say anything, but do their thing." Some units or individuals at home and abroad came to "Auspicious Zhai" in an endless stream to ask for Mo Bao, or to hang a hall, or to make a plaque, or to carve stones. These Mo Bao are scattered in China Museum in Chicago, Huxi Bieyuan in Singapore, Lingzhi Vegetarian Restaurant, Tibetan Temple in Taiwan Province Province, Yufeng Park in Liuzhou, Guangxi, Shengquan Forest of Steles in Anhui, Forest of Steles in Xiangbei, Yunnan, yue fei memorial in Henan, Chen Hugong Cemetery in Huaiyang, Zhejiang Jun Painting Academy, Dongfeng Forest of Steles in Fujian, Zhaoming Temple in Fuding, Lianshan Temple in Longyan, Sanping Temple in Zhangzhou, Guanghua Temple in Putian, Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou and Fengshan Park in Anxi.

kind deed

Meixiang Chen's calligraphy achievements and outstanding deeds of calligraphy education have been successively awarded by China People's Broadcasting Station and

China Education News, China News, Youth Calligraphy News, Calligraphy Education News, Calligraphy News, Calligraphy Guide, Kyushu Bookstore News, Hongweipo, Taiwan Province Folk Light, American Overseas Chinese News (new york) and Xiamen His biographies and representative works were included in China Contemporary Art World.

Educational thesis

According to his practical experience in calligraphy education, Mr. Meixiang Chen has written many educational papers and won many awards:

1995 calligraphy education paper "Get out of the misunderstanding and improve the quality" won the only first prize of calligraphy research paper of Fujian Education Society.

1996, the paper "Moral Education Infiltration in Calligraphy Teaching" was published in the National Nine-year Obligation.

Educational writing textbooks were exchanged as key papers at the experimental summary meeting. 1997 "book teaching and quality education" won the first prize of "Fujian Quality Education Theory and Practice Seminar"; In 2003, the revised version of this paper won a special prize in the selection of the editorial board of China's "Theory and Western Development" series.

In 2003, the paper "Moral Education in Calligraphy Teaching" won the second prize of the 8th Basic Education Paper in Fujian Province.

Teaching does not forget to educate people, and in an instant, the temples are frosted, and the skirts are gradually widened without regret, in exchange for the fragrance of peaches and plums. Meixiang Chen was rated as "National Advanced Worker in Calligraphy Education" for three times, and was the only calligraphy teacher in Fujian Province who won this honor.

There are students everywhere; There are students all over the country [the world].

Xiamen amateur calligraphy school

In order to give more calligraphy lovers a chance to learn and improve, in 1983,

Teacher Meixiang Chen participated in the establishment of Xiamen Amateur Calligraphy School, successively served as the director of education and executive vice president, and personally coached the whip. Since its establishment 20 years ago, it has trained thousands of students. At the same time, Meixiang Chen was also invited to work as a part-time calligraphy teacher in Xiamen University Overseas Education College, Xiamen University Art Education College, Lujiang University, Xiamen University for the Aged, Xiamen TV University, China Calligraphy and Painting Correspondence University Xiamen Branch, Minnan Buddhist College and Xiamen Shuangshi Middle School. , tirelessly cultivate more calligraphy talents. Writing posts is an arduous task, which cannot be undertaken without a deep foundation. Meixiang Chen faced up to difficulties, with a high sense of responsibility and mission, devoted himself to the heavy work of copying copybooks.

Writing post

In his spare time, he compiled seven kinds of copybooks, such as Chinese Characters for Students, Chinese Characters for Students, Chinese Characters for Students and Chinese Characters for Students, which were published by Fujian Education Publishing House and Lujiang Publishing House respectively. Among them, Student's Copy of Chinese Characters and Student's Copy of Chinese Characters are listed as calligraphy textbooks for primary and secondary schools in the province, which have been reprinted many times and have a circulation of more than one million copies.

Teach knowledge and educate people.

Liu Qian, executive director of China Calligraphers Association, sent a thank-you letter to Meixiang Chen: "You represent China,

Pupils have done a lot of useful things, thank you. Professor Ying of Fudan University prefaced his copybook and said, "Jun is one of the outstanding calligraphers today. Since his early years, his calligraphy has been well-known overseas, and his achievements are beyond the reach of his predecessors in terms of age. What you admire is not his tireless self-study, but his tireless teaching; Since you became famous in your career, you have been carefully teaching and guiding young people, and there are countless of them. Those who learn from it, those who are taught face to face by it, have no difficulty in understanding it, understand it deeply, and soon work hard and make remarkable achievements, so many people are famous for their times. Broadly speaking, if Meixiang Chen's students who teach in Xiamen No.1 Middle School, Xiamen Amateur Calligraphy School, Xiamen University, Minnan Buddhist College and other institutions are counted as his students, plus those who learn calligraphy through the copybooks, teaching materials, VCD discs and other channels compiled by him, then Teacher Meixiang Chen can really be called "peaches and plums are all over the world, and his disciples are all over five continents".

Retirement life

New Things in Auspicious Zhai

Teacher Meixiang Chen retired. But in "Jixiangzhai", the old gardener is still busy.

Lu's figure echoed with his hearty laughter. Every time I go to Jixiangzhai, I will meet Hong Kong disciples, Taiwan Province disciples, overseas disciples, and even special disciples like military generals and mayors. New things emerge one after another. "Teacher Meixiang Chen accepted an ordinary disciple." The author immediately rushed to "Auspicious Village" after hearing the news. I saw a sprightly old man practicing writing under the guidance of Teacher Chen. His name is Ju, former deputy political commissar of the North Sea Fleet, with a rank. In September the year before last, he came to Xiamen to visit his daughter. General Zhang said that he was interested in calligraphy when he was in primary school. After joining the army, he was too busy with military affairs to practice calligraphy. I really want to make up this lesson after retiring. I am really glad that my dream of learning calligraphy 50 years ago was realized by my visit. It is suggested that General Zhang should stand when practicing calligraphy, which is beneficial to the activities of arms and wrists. General Zhang insists on standing and practicing calligraphy for three hours every day. After more than a month, General Zhang's calligraphy was decent. When he left, Mr Meixiang Chen gave him his own copybook and CD. General Zhang said that he would often go to Xiamen in the future to renew the relationship between teachers and students. Mr. Wang Zhenxiu, Chairman of Hong Kong Fulian Jewelry Store, loves calligraphy very much. Despite his busy business, he still takes time to practice calligraphy. On the recommendation of a friend, I found a teacher, Meixiang Chen, to study calligraphy, and I humbly asked for advice, which laid a solid foundation for regular script and made great progress. His works were selected in Selected Works of Members of Hong Kong Fujian Painting and Calligraphy Research Association. Ke Zunhuai, 16 years old, member of All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, honorary president of Hong Kong Overseas Chinese Association and son of collector Ke Junheng, studied in the United States. Knowing that the copybook published in Hong Kong was written, Mr. Ke took his son all the way to Xiamen to learn from his teacher during the summer vacation. Although it's only been more than a month, this rich boy in Hong Kong has been practicing hard and making rapid progress under the inculcation of teacher Meixiang Chen. Mr. Ke was very satisfied, indicating that he would send the children again next summer vacation and continue to ask Mr. Mei for advice.

Go abroad and carry forward the quintessence of Chinese culture

Teacher Meixiang Chen is not only a calligrapher and calligraphy educator, but also a social activist whose responsibility is to promote the quintessence of Chinese culture. He took art as a link and made extensive contacts with overseas calligraphy and painting. 1993 10, China modern culture society and other units jointly awarded Mr. Meixiang Chen the honorary award for international cultural exchange. In the United States, Meixiang Chen's calligraphy works are collected by Xerox in the China Museum in Chicago. A reporter from China who is visiting relatives in the United States wrote to Meixiang Chen: "Americans like your calligraphy very much. Mr. Mei Sen, Dean of Brigham Young Art College, was happy for several days after receiving your letter. He said that if he went to China, he would definitely visit you. " The book Xiamen Man published in Southern California, USA, published a special issue of "One of Minnan Artists Series", appreciation of calligrapher Meixiang Chen's works and his artistic introduction. Some Hong Kong compatriots who immigrated to the United States and Canada specially asked Meixiang Chen to write a small script "Zhu Zi's Family Instructions" for them to educate future generations not to forget that they are descendants of the Chinese people and descendants of the dragon.

In Japan, Meixiang Chen's works were selected for the "52nd International Cultural Exchange Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition" and won the grand prize. Meixiang Chen's calligraphy works were published in the Japanese magazine Calligraphy, and his works were highly praised by the Japanese Calligraphy and Taoism Federation. Meixiang Chen is a special guest of a famous computer company in Tokyo, Japan. He wrote 6,800 commonly used Chinese characters in official script as computer fonts. What a heavy job it is! If you write 12 Chinese characters on each 16 page of rice paper, then more than 500 pieces of rice paper with 6800 words will be written. But the thought that this is a great opportunity to promote China culture, Meixiang Chen readily agreed. He spent many sleepless nights and finally delivered it on time. Now, these Meixiang Chen official books have spread all over the world with the sales channels of Japanese computers. After Meixiang Chen's works won the gold medal in the calligraphy exhibition of China Yi Mo poetry held in the Philippines, the Philippine World Journal, Business Daily and Philippine Times competed to open columns to publicize Meixiang Chen's deeds and calligraphy works, and the Philippine "Xuequn Literature and Art Society" hired him as an academic consultant. Teacher Meixiang Chen went to Singapore twice to hold calligraphy exhibitions. His calligraphy works are very popular among Chinese in Singapore. Singapore Calligraphers Association hired him as a reviewer, and the special issue of Baodi Palace, Chens Ancestral Hall125th anniversary in Singapore invited him to write an inscription on the cover and title page: "Protect the people's happiness, and a pure son will repay his father's virtue". 1993 an judging organization composed of people from the literary and art circles of China, the United States, Britain and Japan awarded Mr. Meixiang Chen the certificate of "World Famous Artist" in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cultural exchanges among countries in the world.

Cross-strait exchanges are mediated by words.

As early as the late 1980s, a "cross-sea marriage" broke out in Xiamen. Miss Yang of Taiwan Province Province and Shi Jingming, a young man from Xiamen, met Ludao and fell in love at first sight, and decided to hold a wedding in Jinjiang Hotel, Xiamen. The couple envied Meixiang Chen's newlyweds. Meixiang Chen ingeniously embedded the names of husband and wife in the couplets to express congratulations, which won the praise of the guests from Taiwan Province who came to attend the wedding. Since then, many Taiwanese businessmen in Xiamen have come to Mr. Chen to write signs and plaques.

Mr. Yu Chengyao, a master of calligraphy and painting in Taiwan Province Province, was originally a lieutenant general of the Kuomintang and his ancestral home was Yongchun, Fujian. Every time I go back to my hometown to visit relatives, I have to go through Xiamen to learn calligraphy from Meixiang Chen. Meixiang Chen presented Yu Xiansheng with a picture of nave, "The heart of a saint is the sun and the moon, and the benevolent lives on mountains and rivers"; Mr. Yu replied with a frame: "The river wind blows sharply and sinks in the west, and the sea is full of mountains and rivers. Mo Dao is nowhere to be seen, and the white clouds are low. " Later, Yu Chengyao settled in Xiamen, and the two became "friends who forgot to make friends".

Mr. Yang, President of Calligraphy Society of Hongnan Business School in Taipei, visited Xiamen with the delegation. After many twists and turns, he found Mr Meixiang Chen. The two hit it off at first sight and became bosom friends. And on the spot, he wrote Lin Zexu's famous couplet: "All rivers run into the sea, with great tolerance, and the wall is rigid without desire" and presented it to Mr. Yang. Mr. Yang also wrote Li Bai's "To Wang Lun" for his husband. In recent years, Taiwan Province calligraphy and painting circles have held activities, and Mr. Meixiang Chen will send works to make friends and enhance friendship. 199 1 year, at the invitation of Mr. Chang 'an, director of Oracle Bone Inscriptions Society of Taiwan Province Province, Mr. Chang wrote the official script Song Zhengqi by nave and participated in the "Exhibition of Famous Painters and Calligraphers across the Taiwan Strait". Mr. Lin Xianliang of Taipei opened the Jieshi Art Collection Store and asked Mr. Meixiang Chen for his works. He wrote more than 20 fan-shaped works in regular script, official script, running script and seal script respectively.

Banner, suitable for couplets and nave.

What is difficult for Dan Qing to write is spirit.

Books carry not only morality but also art. Meixiang Chen's books are very good, and so is his personality.

Professor Yu Gang, a famous calligrapher, said, "I have known Meixiang Chen for many years. He is sincere, modest and cautious. I admire and am moved by his unremitting efforts in calligraphy education and popularization. Mr. Wang Jiusan, a student of Hong Kong calligrapher and honorary president of Xiamen Poetry Society, praised Mr. Chen's virtue to us more than once. He said: "Teacher Chen's calligraphy works have won many awards, and he is indifferent. When friends and students make achievements, he always smiles and is very happy. He usually wanders around the street on an old bike rather than take a taxi. For friends, he can pay hundreds of dollars. He is quite famous in the calligraphy field, but people with better calligraphy, regardless of their age, are commensurate with their teachers, and their modesty is beyond words. His own medals and certificates are never displayed on the wall of his studio "Ji Xiang Zhai", but are covered with students' works. Every time a guest visits, he doesn't talk about himself, but introduces his students with relish. As a calligraphy educator, reading posts is a daily class, and I dare not take a day off. I can imagine the hard work. However, how many times at noon and at night, a stranger begging for words or a parent who wants to succeed knocks on his door, Mr. Chen treats people with courtesy and never shuts people out.

A kind friend advised him: "Since you advocate commodity economy and you have a skill, spend more time to increase your income." You devote yourself to teaching and educating people and writing posts. Who are you working for? Meixiang Chen smiled indifferently and said, "Students can win prizes and create good works." . This is the best reward for me. This kind of return is beyond money. "As Meixiang Chen wrote in the poem Teacher's Day 1993:

I have been teaching for 30 years, but I don't care about my temple.

A garden full of peaches and plums can be presented with enthusiasm, which is really gratifying.

There is something more precious than money in the world, that is, spirit, which is difficult for Dan Qing to write!