Some people say that there are typos on the Xiamen gate plaque. Is it really inscribed by Mr. Lu Xun himself? It was written by him, but it’s not wrong

As a famous literary giant in modern China, I personally don’t believe that Mr. Lu Xun would write the wrong words, and on such an important occasion as inscribing the gate plaque of Xiamen University. ,? I'm afraid it's just that some people have a big difference in their minds about a certain word or some words! It's just that in real life, Mr. Lu Xun did not inscribe the name of Xiamen University, but the handwriting of the four-character school name "Xiamen University" was indeed written by Mr. Lu Xun. So what’s the story behind this?

Xiamen University can be said to be a famous university in China. It is a world-class university in the construction of double first-class A-level universities in my country. Regarding the founding history of Xiamen University, we can probably trace it back to the 1920s. Mr. Tan Kah Kee, the patriotic overseas Chinese leader, founded Xiamen University in 1921. Therefore, Xiamen University has also been covered with a layer of mystery that other universities do not have. ?It is the first university founded by overseas Chinese in the history of modern education in China. In the blink of an eye, 2020 has arrived. This year is the centenary of Xiamen University. On July 7, Xiamen Chunhua Group Co., Ltd., a well-known national enterprise, donated 6 million yuan as a gift on the occasion of its centenary.

Xiamen University has a well-known influence and important position in the history of Chinese education, and looking at the special time of 1921 alone is enough to highlight the unique brilliance of Xiamen University in the context of the era when the school was founded. As a very famous university in our country and even in the world, everything about Xiamen University seems to be unique. In order to highlight the reputation of a famous school, in addition to the school's educational strength, scientific research strength and other factors, the school name is also very important. Looking back at the origin of the name of Xiamen University, it does have a certain relationship with Mr. Lu Xun, but there is no direct connection.

?Xiamen University? It is not considered to be written by Mr. Lu Xun

Now that I see the gate plaque of Xiamen University, it probably started in 1955, which is basically the same time as Mr. Lu Xun’s existence. There is no correspondence, so many people speculate: Was the inscription on the plaque of Xiamen University preserved when Mr. Lu Xun was still alive? Actually no, what we see today as "Xiamen University" was created by later generations after Mr. Lu Xun's death, from the calligraphy works left behind by him, and then pieced together to create "Xiamen, Men, University, and School". These four words, so this is not only Mr. Lu Xun’s handwriting, but of course it is not Mr. Lu Xun’s handwriting.

In calligraphy, this phenomenon of selecting characters from works and then piecing them together is called character collection. According to certain aesthetic requirements, these selected characters are spliced ??together. This has always been the case. A method commonly used in the calligraphy learning process and the creation process. Mr. Lu Xun served as a professor in the Chinese Language Department of Xiamen University from 1926 to 1927. After Mr. Lu Xun passed away, Xiamen University established the Lu Xun Memorial Room in 1952 in order to commemorate Mr. Lu Xun.

The rationality of learning the Chinese character

So from this perspective, let’s look at the learning character that is regarded as a typo by people. The Chinese character learning written by Mr. Lu Xun, no matter from a distance, Looking closely, there is indeed no treasure hijab. So did Mr. Lu Xun write this word wrong? According to common sense, in many of Mr. Lu Xun's works, the characters "Xue" basically have this font shape. In the process of writing, due to different writing habits, certain characters and certain characters may appear in the same font. Our hands form characters that others cannot understand. So according to this kind of inertial thinking, we may guess that this character was also formed by Mr. Lu Xun's writing habit.

This idea is actually not true. A more convincing statement is: Mr. Lu Xun, the word "Xue" in his calligraphy works is actually written in cursive script, and in cursive script In the field of "Xue", the word "学" is written like this, so this word is not a typo, but is recognized. In the same way, some people think that among the four characters for Xiamen University, the word "men" without a dot is a typo. In fact, this word "men" without a dot is also a common way of writing in cursive script. Although the font shape of cursive script is very different from my country's current standard font, this cursive font shape is indeed not a typo.

The reason why Mr. Lu Xun is able to use cursive script skillfully is because he is an out-and-out great writer, and Lu Xun also has the title of calligrapher. In the era when Lu Xun lived, traditional Chinese characters were still commonly used. However, judging from the many literary works of Mr. Lu Xun during his lifetime, there were a large number of simplified Chinese characters. We now think of them as cursive fonts, but if you look carefully, maybe You will find that: in fact, at that time, some of Mr. Lu Xun's writings were more in line with the simplified Chinese characters.

Mr. Guo Moruo, who is also a writer and calligrapher, once commented on Mr. Lu Xun’s calligraphy: the seal script and script are melted into one furnace, allowing the heart and wrist to interact, simple but not restrained, free and easy but lawful. , It went as far as the Song and Tang Dynasties, and went straight to the Wei and Jin Dynasties. ?

It can be seen that Mr. Lu Xun’s calligraphy is also a unique skill worthy of praise from the Chinese people.

Does the calligraphy visual conflict with the standard font?

Chinese calligraphy has always been an excellent cultural tradition in our country. From the development of the pre-Qin period to the present, Chinese characters have gone through more than 6,000 years, and Chinese calligraphy derived from Chinese characters has also been around for thousands of years. time. Among them, the same thing between Chinese calligraphy and Chinese characters is that while Chinese characters are advancing with the times, calligraphy has not stopped at all. Running script, cursive script, official script, seal script, regular script, etc. are all available, and with the development of the times, It is also advancing with the times.

So in my opinion, calligraphy, Chinese characters, and the standard fonts that are popular in our country today are interconnected and integrated. Although traditional Chinese characters and calligraphy fonts, as well as the standards we learned in elementary school Fonts, although they are very different in font form and font structure, traditional Chinese characters are not typos, and calligraphy fonts are not typos, so there is no conflict between them.

In my personal impression, Chinese calligraphy is the concentrated essence and product of Chinese characters. From Chinese calligraphy, we can glimpse the evolution of Chinese characters and the shadow of traditional Chinese characters, calligraphy and today's standard fonts They have the same origin and come from Chinese characters that were born more than 6,000 years ago. If we look at the four words Xiamen University from the perspective of a calligrapher, perhaps there will be a special charm in it!

Lianglang said

In the world of traditional Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters seem to be a refreshing trend. Of course, now it seems that it is even more of a trend. Didn’t the New Culture Movement, which broke out in 1915, also involve traditional Chinese characters in its content of “destroying the four olds”? At that time, Mr. Lu Xun was also at the forefront of the New Culture Movement. He once supported the simplification of Chinese characters, because in modern times, China continued to use traditional Chinese characters, and there were indeed some drawbacks that we can all see.

Xiamen University is a national culture that has been deposited over time. It has a flavor that comes from the unique background of the last century. And Xiamen University was selected from the literary works of Mr. Lu Xun? University?, also happens to be appropriate for this university.