What font is the inscription of the name of East China University of Political Science and Law

Line script of Mr. Shu Tong, Sr.

Shu Tong (1905.11.25~1998.5.27) was a male, with the character Wenzao, also known as Yilu. Dongxiang County, Jiangxi Province. Master of Calligraphy. Former first secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the C*** Shandong Province, secretary of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee, vice-president of the Academy of Military Science of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the first chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, and a member of the Advisory Committee of the C*** Central Committee.

Under the influence of the May Fourth Movement, in June 1920, he and his progressive classmates set up the "Jinlan Classmates' Society" in his hometown to spread new ideas and culture.

In August 1921, he was admitted to the Third Normal School of Jiangxi Province (Fuzhou), where he and Li Jingquan initiated the organization of the "Marxist Research Society" and actively studied and propagated Marxism.

In 1925, he published "The True Face of the Republic of China", which exposed the hypocrisy of the so-called "democracy", "**** and", "freedom" and "equality" of the Beiyang Warlord Government, and showed the revolutionary spirit of pursuing truth and justice for the country and the people.

Calligraphic Achievements

Shu Tong was the successor and pioneer of Chinese Calligraphy, the founder and the first chairman of the Chinese Calligraphers' Association, and later the second and third honorary chairmen, and the honorary chairman of the Chinese Society for Old Age Calligraphy and Painting. Chairman Mao Zedong praised him as a "calligrapher of the Red Army and a pen of the Party", and a master of contemporary self-contained calligraphy.

"Seven and a half"

Shu Tong is the successor and pioneer of Chinese calligraphy, he loved calligraphy since childhood, learned calligraphy at the age of 5, and at the age of 14, he had a reputation in the countryside, and was known as a "prodigy" and "Dongxiang Talent". He was honored as a "prodigy" and a "talented son of Dongxiang". He had systematically practiced ancient calligraphy and studied under the masters of Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, He Shaoji, etc. However, he studied the ancient style without muddying the ancient style, respected the law but sought for new changes, and paid attention to the essence of the style, and boldly attempted to form his own style of calligraphy, and created the famous "Shu Style", which is highly esteemed both at home and abroad. His calligraphy, broad and dignified, round and strong through the old heavy brush, hide the head to protect the tail, points and scratches thick and smooth, unique style, is one of the outstanding representatives of modern calligraphy art. The so-called Shu style is to start from the "two kings", take the regular script of Yan and Liu as the basis, take the length of each style, make the strength of the roundness, use the power of the hidden blade, make the cleverness in the awkwardness, borrow the ancient in the present, create a unique style, and set up the "seven and a half minutes" font. This "seven and a half", can be said to be the essence of the Shu body of words, both style on the Regular, Running, Cursive, Seal Script, Clerical five take a point, the style of Yan, Willow take a point, He Shaoji to take a half, collectively referred to as "seven and a half".

The "seven and a half" font fully reflects the deep foundation and appearance of Shu style characters. It should be said that the formation of Shu Style characters is not only the hard exploration of calligraphy, but also the honing of will and perseverance. Shu Tong's ink sea career from the age of 14 in the countryside small township reputation, until the age of 93 died nearly 80 years, in the long years, whether it is the smoke-filled battlefield, or "ten years of havoc" of the turmoil, whether it is in the busy workplace, or in the suffering from the fight "cattle shed In the "cattle shed", he had an indissoluble relationship with calligraphy, and never interrupted the artistic research and practice of Lin Chi. Shu body round and powerful, soft inside, broad and dignified, graceful and generous, with its unique style, reflecting the revolutionary winds and clouds, general temperament, y cherished by the people. Nowadays, Shu style has been entered into the computer, widely used in newspapers, publications, movies and television, showing its unique charm.

Shu Tong joined the Red Army, has been in the regiment, division of propaganda work, in the tension of the war in the spare time, the arts of calligraphy, love ink. During the long march with the 1st Red Army Corps to the north of Shaanxi Province, he wrote large slogans along the way, which made his body full of lime and burned many holes in his clothes. During the march, there was no pen and paper, so Shu Tong picked up a branch and scratched it on the ground; riding on a horse, he also scratched it on his pants leg with his finger. Once Mao Zedong saw, said with a smile: "Shu Tong, you have become a horseback calligrapher." From then on, the reputation of "horseback calligrapher" spread.

In 1936, when the Red Army arrived in Xunyi County, which is under the jurisdiction of the northern Shaanxi Border Region Government, the Chinese government invited a former Qing dynasty scholar to become a senator of the Border Region in order to unite the resistance against the war. The old man said, "I can't talk to uneducated people" and refused to participate. When Mao Zedong found out about it, he asked Shu Tong to write him a letter in the name of the central government to publicize the Party's advocacy of the anti-Japanese united front. After reading the letter, the former Qing dynasty veteran said, "The word is beautiful and elegant, and I can't imagine that there are talents in the ****production party!" He then went out to participate in politics.

In 1936, Mao Zedong was asked by a comrade in charge of the preparations for the founding of the Chinese Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in Yan'an to write the school's license plate. At this time Mao Zedong was busy writing "Theory of Practice", a moment can not find the time, then recommended to the people: "You go to ask the 1st Corps of Shu Tong write it, his writing is very good mile! I appreciate it." Thus, Shu Tong, then director of the political department of the 4th division of the 1st Red Army Corps, was ordered to write the "Chinese Anti-Japanese Military and Political Science University" school sign, and also wrote the eight-character motto of "Unity, Tension, Seriousness, Liveliness" on the left and right sides of the main door. From then on, Shu Tong's reputation will be well-known to the whole party and the whole army.

He Xiangning said: "There are two pens in the country, the Kuomintang has Yu Youren, and the ****production party has Shu Tong. I prefer Shu Tong."

JingShu is a typeface developed on the basis of the official script, between the regular script and the cursive script, which was created to make up for the slow writing speed of the regular script and the difficulty of recognizing the cursive script." Xing" means "walking", so it is not as scribbly as Cursive Script, nor as upright as Regular Script. In essence, it is the cursiveization of Regular Script or the regularization of Cursive Script. The regular script is more than the cursive script is called "Xing Kai", and the cursive script is more than the regular script is called "Xing Cao".