Cao Boyong: 75 years old, calligrapher.
Strolling through the streets and reading books and periodicals, Mr. Cao Boyong's calligraphy often flashes in front of my eyes. The noble and scholarly atmosphere revealed in the rigorous statutes is refreshing and pleasing to the eye. In the family area of Shaanxi Normal University, retired Mr. Cao Boyong and his old classmate Mr. Yan live next door. The garden is next to the garden, and the vines are wrapped around the shelves, just like farming on the river bank of his hometown. You can see at a glance that he is definitely a die-hard villager. It is a great enjoyment for me to sit quietly in my husband's antique living room and listen to his stories about my hometown. Mr. Wang said that when he was a child, he went to my hometown, carried a sedan chair and invited a white-haired and staid Mr. Feng Shui, and his son Chenpi, nicknamed "Happy", left a deep impression on him.
The newly published book Ren Zongshan has a brief introduction to Mr. Wang: "Mr. Wang was born in a scholarly family and was trained by the imperial court since childhood. He carefully copied Ou Yangxun's "Inscription of Liquan in Jiucheng Palace" to cultivate his interest in calligraphy. After middle age, I set foot in many families and became proficient. Gradually form your own style. After retirement, he devoted himself to the study of calligraphy, and his works were perfect, and his calligraphy was well-known in Sanqin. His books have participated in the first and second national book fairs and many provincial and municipal book fairs, and have been selected for exhibitions in Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and other countries. Some of his works have been collected by Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Beijing Working People's Cultural Palace and other units and famous artists, and have also been selected into many large-scale collections of paintings and calligraphy, such as Collection of Contemporary Famous Artists' Paintings and Calligraphy in Chang 'an, China, Achievements of Contemporary China Calligraphy Art and Selected Paintings and Calligraphy of Old Famous Artists in Shaanxi. Mr. Wang is well-read and proficient in edition bibliography, ancient books philology, cultural relics, calligraphy and painting appraisal, seal cutting and so on. Painting and poetry, occasionally, are very interesting. In recent years, he has been devoted to calligraphy education and is very popular with students. "Teacher Wang has a deep family background and has been educated by the school system for a long time. He has been a teacher all his life. His friends are all elderly elites in the cultural circle, so he is well-cultivated and gentle, and his books are steady, heavy, delicate and healthy. All these experiences, intensive and versatile, are probably rare among celebrities in Shaanxi painting and calligraphy circles.
Mr. Liu Nianxian wrote in the article "True Body Filled with Nature-Mr. Cao Boyong's Calligraphy Hypothesis": "The book is based on character, and Boyong is full of poetic temperament, which is reflected in the clarity and harmony of the book and contains elegance and elegance; If you prove it to others, you will be humble. Honesty and frankness, attaching importance to friendship, being indifferent to fame and fortune, putting loyalty first, being eager for public interests, being lenient with others, especially caring for young people, always with a childlike heart, without losing the sincere purpose. Therefore, his book is also steady, frank and sincere. These are the secrets of his book's observation. " I want to say that this is also the true feeling of the younger generation. For example, we have listened to Teacher Ling's teaching: all vain people must have lofty moral and artistic demeanor.