What kind of person is Li Shutong? What are the characteristics of Li Shutong

He is a person I admire very much, and I once read a book called "The Intersection of Sorrow and Joy", which is written by Li Shutong. In the first half of his life, he was a beautiful son, and in the second half of his life, he was silently a monk.

Li Shutong pushed the art of ancient Chinese calligraphy to the extreme. As a high-ranking monk calligraphy, Hongyi is different from some monk artists in history, such as Zhiyong and Huaisu, although they wear robes, but it seems that their lives are not aimed at firm Buddhist beliefs and sincere Buddhist practice, they are just parasitic artists in the Zen temple, "crazy to light the world, drunk to get true knowledge", this is completely the artist's temperament and romance.

Li Shutong is the forerunner of China's New Culture Movement, an outstanding artist, educator, thinker, and innovator, an outstanding representative of the combination of Chinese traditional culture and Buddhist culture, the most outstanding monk in the history of modern Chinese Buddhism, and a well-known person with a high international reputation.

Li Shutong's achievements:

Li Shutong's contribution to Buddhism is mainly reflected in his research and promotion of Vinaya. In order to revitalize the study of law, Master Hongyi was not afraid of difficulties, studied deeply, devoted himself to the precepts, wrote books and teachings, and practiced them. He is a highly respected Vinaya master in modern Buddhism and a well-known Buddhist monk at home and abroad.

In the early days of Uncle Li's entry into Buddhism, in addition to reading the scriptures that monks must read, his further study was widely accepted. What's more, he was a person who did everything seriously and thoroughly unless he didn't do it. As a monk, in terms of Buddhist thought, you naturally have to make your own characteristics.

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Uncle Li's personality characteristics are as follows:

Li Shutong has always been a staunch and persistent patriot. During his stay in Japan, he joined the League led by Sun Yat-sen and participated in the revolutionary struggle against the Qing Dynasty. As a teacher, Uncle Li is a teacher, leading by example, not talking much, but the students are heartily moved and naturally convinced.

Li Shutong is "doing the cause of the world with the spirit of birth". His religious devotion and devotion did not make him give up his desire to save the country, but only strengthened it.

Uncle Lee's artistic achievements

Li Shutong's achievements in the art of calligraphy have attracted the attention of the world. In the early days of his calligraphy, he was born from Wei Beibei, and his gestures were open, and he was agile. In the later period, it was self-contained, diluting the simplicity and wilderness, gentle and clear. In particular, the works after becoming a monk are full of extraordinary tranquility and cloud-like distantness.

This is the splendid to the extreme, the quiet after the vigorous, the childish simplicity after the old age, his calligraphy is like a golden jade, cool and dusty, strict and pure, leisurely and elegant, full of musicality, simple and humble to see the wind bones, with no state to prepare for all states.

The humility of Confucianism, the nature of Taoism, and the tranquility of the Buddha are contained in the calligraphy, and the words are still heard of the Dharma, and the people who love and treasure are suddenly happy, and the winners are as precious as arches, which can be called the masterpieces in Chinese calligraphy in the past dynasties. Hongyi and his calligraphy are also known as the treasure of the country, the light of China.

1, Li Shutong (October 23, 1880, October 13, 1942), also known as Li Xishuang, Li An, Li Liang, the spectrum name Wentao, the young name Chengqi, the scientific name Guanghou, the word Xishuang, alias gargle.

2. Li Shutong is a famous artist, art educator, calligrapher, drama activist, and one of the pioneers of Chinese drama. After he returned from studying in Japan, he served as a teacher and a monk, and then became a monk, with the legal name Yanyin, the name Hongyi, the late name Wanqing Old Man, and was later respected as Master Hongyi.

He was employed as a painting teacher at Zhejiang Two-level Normal School (later changed to Zhejiang Provincial First Normal School). Since 1915, he has also served as a painting teacher at Nanjing Higher Normal School, and composed the first school song in the history of Nanjing University. On October 13, 1942, Master Hongyi passed away in the evening room of the Wenling Nursing Home of Quanzhou Fuji Temple.

4. Li Shutong's poems also occupy a place in the history of modern Chinese literature. When he was young, he attracted the attention of the literary world with his talent. When he lived in Shanghai, he recorded his previous poems as the "First Collection of Poetry Clocks", which was circulated among the members of the "Chengnan Literary Society", and later collected "Li Lu Poetry Clock".

On the eve of his ordination, he compiled more than 20 poems from the 26th to 33rd years of the Qing Dynasty (1900-1907). Among them, there are many commendable masterpieces such as "Leaving the Motherland and Presenting the Sons of Classmates" and "Mourning the Country and Dying with the Heart of the Ants", which show the author's deep concern for the fate of the country and the suffering of the people's livelihood. In the five or six years before he became a monk, he still had more than 30 lyrics.

These works, through artistic techniques, express the thoughts and emotions of sailing that most of the people will have in the same situation, which were once all the rage, and some have become enduring masterpieces.

"Farewell" Master Hongyi.

Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green. The evening breeze blows the willow flute, and the sunset is outside the mountain.

The end of the sky, the corner of the earth, half of the acquaintances. A pot of turbid wine is full of joy, don't dream cold tonight.

Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green. Ask you when you will come, and don't linger when you come.

The end of the sky, the corner of the earth, half of the acquaintances. Life is rare for reunions, but there are many separations.

"Farewell" concentrates these images in a short poem, and strongly shocks the "collective unconscious" of Chinese parting with a kind of impact of "gathering the greatest", and has become a cultural psychological symbol of Chinese sending friends and parting.

"Farewell" is divided into three paragraphs, the first paragraph is "writing the scene", written outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road to see off the picture; the second paragraph is lyrical, expressing the sadness of the soul of knowing and leaving the world scattered; The third paragraph is a repetition of the first paragraph from the text, but in fact, it is the repetition of the text and the sublimation of the meaning: after experiencing "sending friends and parting", I realized that life is short, like a sunset, full of a chill to the bone. The whole lyrics are filled with a strong sense of emptiness in life, and there is a hint of epiphany.

"Farewell" is actually Uncle Li's use of farewell to friends as a reason, using a symbol of ignorance to convey the consciousness of understanding life and seeing through the red dust. Therefore, "Farewell" is not just a song of waving between friends; It is the "prelude" of Li Shutong who is about to say goodbye to the world and abandon the world and become a monk.