In 1936, the Red First Army came to Xunyi County in northern Shaanxi, hoping to gather forces to participate in the War of Resistance. The Red Army sent people to invite Xiao Zhibao, a former Qing Dynasty Hanlin scholar, to serve as a senator in the border area, but the other party resolutely refused many times, saying that the Communist Party was good, but those who joined the army and fought in the war lacked cultural cultivation and could not communicate. After learning of this, he instructed Shu Tong to send a letter to Xiao Zhibao in the name of ** to promote the Communist Party's united anti-Japanese front. After receiving this letter, Xiao Zhibao praised again and again: "This letter is very well written, the writing is far better than mine, and there are really talents in the Communist Party." "In the general impression, heroes or great men are often depicted as tall and mighty, such as Confucius, who is described as eight feet tall.
However, in the Communist Party, there are some people who are known as "little giants", such as *** and Shu Tong. Shu Tong, formerly known as Shu Wenzao, was born in 1905 in a poor peasant family. When he was young, he studied at a private school and Shangzhi School for 7 years, and then was admitted to the Provincial No. 3 Normal School with excellent grades and beautiful calligraphy. When the May Fourth Movement came, under the influence of Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu's thoughts, he established the "Jinlan Society" and published the article "The True Face of China". He joined the Communist Party of China and became the founder of the local party organization in Dongxiang County, serving as the secretary of the Dongxiang County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. After the defeat of the Great Revolution, Shu Tong was wanted by the Kuomintang and made a living by selling calligraphy on weekdays.
After a former Qing Dynasty senior ** saw his words, he exclaimed loudly: "This person is by no means an ordinary person, he must be a down-and-out master." Shu Tong rejected the invitation of the former Qing Bagong to stay as a teacher and joined the team instead. Although he is short in stature, only 1.6 meters tall and weighs less than 60 kilograms, he is known as the "little giant" in the middle of the world with people of similar stature such as ***. Shu Tong's most striking feature is his masterful calligraphy. ** Praise Shu Tong, often learn calligraphy with him, and recommend him many times ** Others asked him to write an inscription. In October 1935, shortly after the Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, Yan'an founded the "China Anti-Japanese Military and Political University".
At that time, the comrade in charge of the preparation wanted to invite *** to write the school card, but *** was too busy, so he said: "You go and ask Shu Tong to write, his handwriting is very good, I like it very much." ”。So, Shu Tong wrote the school sign of "China Anti-Japanese Military and Political University", and added the eight words of "unity, tension, seriousness, and liveliness" on the left and right sides as the school motto. Soon after, Shu Tong received a letter from ***, asking him to write a letter to the former Qinghan Lin Bachelor, and Shu Tong readily agreed. The other party replied: "This letter is not only beautifully written, but also better than me, the Communist Party has talents!"”。Shu Tong is not only good at calligraphy, but also writes wonderful articles, and many important articles are written by him.
On September 17, 1939, he published an article entitled "Letter from Director Shu of Commander Nie of the Military Region to Kiyoichiro Higashine" in the "Anti-Enemy Daily", showing his unique momentum and literary brilliance. ** Praise him and say: "Shu Tong is a talented man in our party and a pen in the Communist Party. He Xiangning commented: "The Kuomintang has two pens, the Kuomintang is Yu Youren, and the Communist Party has Shu Tong, but I prefer Shu Tong." ”。During the War of Liberation, Shu Tong went deep behind enemy lines many times, successfully plotted against the Kuomintang 46th Army, the 96th Army, and the Kuomintang Second Pacification Zone, and many other troops, accumulated rich experience in actual combat, and won high prestige among the senior Kuomintang generals.
Therefore, when considering the liberation of Taiwan, Nei Shu was also designated as the "secretary of the Taiwan Provincial Party Committee under special circumstances", but the outbreak of the Korean War caused the plan to recover Taiwan had to be suspended. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, many progressive newspapers and periodicals were founded across the country, some of which were written by ***. But in East China, he did not hesitate to reject the local cadres, saying: "You have Shu Tong in East China, don't you?"It's enough to have him. In 1954, ** provided Shu Tong with two job options: to serve as the president of the People's ** or the secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee. **When inspecting Jinan, it was mentioned again that Shu Tong should be the president of "People**", but Tan Qilong, who was on the side, expressed his hope that Shu Tong would stay in Shandong.
However, *** interrupted: "Shu Tong can concurrently serve as the president of "People**" and the secretary of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee!."In the first work can see the overall situation, grasp the policy, if necessary, you can come to Jinan to guide the work of Shandong;Concurrently serving as the secretary of the provincial party committee is conducive to investigation and research, understanding the situation at the grassroots level, and is also of great benefit to running the "People's **" well. The words of * made Shu at a loss for a while, but fortunately, Yang Shangkun played a round. Subsequently, Shu Tong pondered deeply, considering that he had worked in Shandong at the end of the Anti-Japanese War and had a deep affection for this land, and finally chose to go to Shandong to work. In the year he arrived in Shandong, Shu Tong spent two months writing more than 1,000 pieces of rice paper during his retreat at Thousand Buddha Mountain, systematically combing his calligraphy works.
After the news spread, I didn't expect that in just a few months, many people came one after another, just to ask Shu Tong for words. Early one morning, when Shu Tong was about to write an inscription, he found that his inkstone was missing, and when everyone asked, a young man raised the inkstone and admitted that he had taken it. In order to guide Shu Tong to write a few more words, someone actually boiled ink for him all night. The young man's actions inspired other calligraphy lovers to scramble to sharpen Shutong's ink, hoping to get his calligraphy. Shu Tong was deeply moved and did his best to meet everyone's requirements. During that time, the rice paper near Foshan was sold out, and people had to travel to other places to buy it. This period of history is known as "a thousand Buddhas grabbing inkstones" and has become a good story in the calligraphy world.
In 1981, at the age of 76, Shu Tong was elected as the first chairman of the Calligraphy Association, and since then, his unique "Shu Ti" has been widely spread throughout the country. Many newspapers and periodicals used his calligraphy as their masthead heading. Qi Gong, vice chairman of the Calligraphers Association, said with emotion: "Thanks to a general calligrapher who served as our chairman. "Shu Tong has rejuvenated this ancient culture and art, and at the same time rejuvenated his own life. With his influence, he led to the establishment of more calligraphy associations, and his name is inscribed in the annals of Chinese calligraphy.