They should have been brought back

But I don’t know how many things will be passed down to the descendants in the end

The process of bringing back Pan Yuliang’s relics

< p>In August 1977, we received a letter of condolence from our grandmother Pan Yuliang’s former friend, Mr. Wang Shouyi, in the name of our cousin. Instantly, our whole family was immersed in immense grief. In addition to his grief, his father considered Pan Yuliang's funeral arrangements and inheritance.

Pan Mou, the only legal heir to Pan Yuliang’s property, wrote to the Western European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28, 2018 and October 1, 2017 respectively. He first proposed that our family send someone to France. With the assistance of the embassy, ??Pan Yuliang's funeral arrangements and Pan Yuliang's inheritance were handled. If the diplomatic department does not allow our family to go to France, then entrust the diplomatic department to help us handle a few things:

1) Transport her ashes back to the country for burial.

2) Transport her posthumous works back to China. After being shipped back, most of her works will be donated to the country, and a small part will be left to the family as a souvenir.

3) Take photos of Pan Yuliang’s works collected in art galleries and museums in France to prepare a “Pan Yuliang Memorial Book” for our family.

4) If there are other relics or inheritances, they will be inherited by Pan Mou after they are shipped back.

At that time, Pan Mou was unfairly labeled as a "historical counter-revolutionary" and a "rightist". In order to attract the attention of relevant departments in the above two letters, Pan Mou signed the letter at the end, In addition to signing his own name, he also signed on behalf of: Peng Dexiu (Pan Mou's wife), Pan Xiaozhong, Pan Zhongqiu, Pan Zhong***, Pan Zhongyu (Pan Mou's four children) and Pan Xinya (Pan Mou assumes the name of the third generation) , there is no Pan Xinya in our family)

According to Article 2 of the "Inheritance Law of the People's Republic of China", only Pan Mou has the right to inherit Pan Yuliang's estate, and the ownership and disposal of Pan Yuliang's estate. right.

So among the signatures after the two letters, only Pan Mou's signature is legally valid, while the other signatures have no legal validity. Just like this, Pan Mou's extremely serious report to the foreign affairs department was like a wild pigeon released, with no news.

Such an encounter was common in the past - you submitted a very careful written application, report, request, or commission to a certain administrative department of the government, but you never got a reply.

After the fall of the "Gang of Four", Pan Mou gained a new life in politics. In 1978, he was completely rehabilitated. Based on his expertise, the relevant departments assigned Pan Mou to serve as an English teacher in Anqing No. 4 Middle School.

However, the damage caused by more than 20 years of mental and physical torture is irreversible. Unfortunately, Pan Mou died of illness in Anqing City, Anhui Province on December 9, 1979, leaving forever. Got us.

Because Pan Yuliang lived in France all year round, especially our country's decades-long isolation policy, the Chinese people at that time knew nothing about Pan Yuliang and her artistic achievements.

In 1982, Anhui Province female writer Shi Nan created the biographical novel "The Biography of Zhang Yuliang" based on the materials we provided to her, and published it in "Qingming" magazine. People's Literature Publishing House released "Painting Soul" with slight additions and deletions "——The Biography of Pan Yuliang" has been reprinted by newspapers and magazines across the country, and many local radio stations have broadcast this biographical novel in the "Novel Series" column. Since then, Pan Yuliang's artistic achievements and legendary experiences have been understood by most Chinese people. Only then did the relevant departments understand the artistic value of Pan Yuliang's works.

Five years after Pan Yuliang's death, and three years after Pan Mou's death, the relevant departments began to plan and launch the work of transporting Pan Yuliang's posthumous works and relics back to China:

1982.1 On the 18th, the Consular Department of the Embassy in France sent a letter to the Ministry of Culture of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In {(82) Fa Ling Zi (No. 57) "Disposal of the Posthumous Works of the Late Painter Pan Yuliang"}, two opinions were put forward: "First, all movement Return to the country and submit it to the relevant departments... The second is to select some works with high artistic value and transport them back to the country, and the rest of the works will be auctioned locally, and part of the proceeds will be handed over to the state."

On March 20, 1982, the Arts Bureau of the Ministry of Culture sent a letter to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "I agree with Comrade Jiang Feng's opinion, please transport all Pan's paintings back to the country and hand them over to the National Art Museum of China for collection."< /p>

On June 3, 1983, {Central Ministry of Culture (83) Wenyi Zi Document No. 1235, "Opinions on the Handling of the Posthumous Works of Anhui French Painter Pan Yuliang Returned to China"} (hereinafter referred to as: "Ministry of Culture Document No. 1235" ) decided: "Pan's paintings will be handed over to the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture after they are shipped back. Except for a few representative works from the Central Art Museum, which will be retained as national collections, all other works will be handed over to the Propaganda Department of the Anhui Provincial Committee for acceptance."

On February 10, 1984, Wang Ting and other four comrades from the Propaganda Department of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee went to Shanghai on 84.1.16 from Wang Mi from the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture. The letter will be shipped to Shanghai from France with a certificate from the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture. Seven boxes of Pan Yuliang's relics arrived in Hefei on February 24, 2018 and were stored in the Provincial Museum.

Since 1982, letters have been exchanged between the Consular Department of the Embassy in France and the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture to discuss the details of how to deal with Pan Yuliang’s posthumous works. At that time, we knew nothing about it.

"Ministry of Culture Document 1235" was conveyed to us by Wang Mi and Liu Guohua of the Arts Bureau of the Ministry of Culture on March 14, 1984. We only learned about the other correspondence after the "Pan Yuliang Estate Return Case" was filed in 1994.

In March 1984, the Propaganda Department of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee informed us that Pan Yuliang’s works and relics had been transported back to Anhui, and that our family members were asked to send two representatives to attend the ceremony of Pan Yuliang’s works and relics on March 15. Counting, acceptance and handover work.

On March 14, Peng Dexiu and Xu Yongsheng (Pan Xiaozhong’s husband, a teacher at Anqing No. 1 Middle School) were ordered to rush to Hefei. That evening, at the Jianghuai Hotel, the hotel where representatives of the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture stayed, Wang Mi and Liu Guohua, representatives of the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, and Wang Ting from the Art Department of the Propaganda Department of the Anhui Provincial Committee met with Peng Dexiu and Xu Yongsheng. Tell them that Pan Yuliang's posthumous works and relics are packed in seven boxes and have been transported to Hefei by the Ministry of Culture with the assistance of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee and stored in the Provincial Museum. They also conveyed the document "Ministry of Culture 1235" to them Spirit "... After Pan's paintings were shipped back, they were handed over to the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture for collection. Except for a few representative works from the Central Art Museum, which were retained as national collections, all the other works were handed over to the Propaganda Department of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee for acceptance. It is recommended that the Anhui Provincial Party Committee consider keeping a few paintings to satisfy the family members. Painting as a memorial request." Xu Yongsheng copied the spirit of this document with the consent of Wang Mi and Liu Guohua.

When they saw "Article 1235 of the Ministry of Culture", Peng Dexiu and Xu Yongsheng felt very confused: Pan Yuliang's works and relics should be inherited by us. Even if they are donated, they must be handed over to us, and then by Let’s take a closer look. How can the Arts Bureau of the Ministry of Culture make full arrangements? (Later, Dai Yue, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, said, "Everything about Pan Yuliang belongs to the state." The mystery was solved. Of course, "state property" should be handled by the state's administrative departments. This is a story for later. )

Over the years, our consciousness of “implementing what we understand and what we don’t understand” of the red-headed documents has been “implemented in action and melted in our blood.” Peng Dexiu and Xu Yongsheng had only one choice at that time: "Fight the word 'private' for a moment," resolutely obey the leadership of the Ministry of Culture and the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and implement "Ministry of Culture Document No. 1235" to the letter.

What Peng Dexiu and Xu Yongsheng are most excited about is that they will soon be able to see the authentic work of Pan Yuliang that they have longed for. What I am most concerned about is: How much and what quality of Pan Yuliang’s posthumous works can the leaders of the Ministry of Culture and the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee give us?

The next day, March 15, 1984, the formal acceptance and handover work officially began. What is "acceptance"?

After Pan Yuliang's death, all of her posthumous works and relics were stored in the Chinese Embassy in France. The seven boxes of Pan Yuliang's posthumous works and relics that were transported back were collected by Chinese painters Yu Feng, Hou Yimin, and Tang Xiaoming. During the visit to France, some of Pan Yuliang's relics were selected, sorted and packed into boxes - paintings given to her by Pan Yuliang's friends, such as several albums by Zhang Daqian, sketches of San Yu, etc., which were returned to China by Hou Yimin and Tang Xiaoming. He brought it back at random and gave it to Wang Mi, who then took it to Hefei from Beijing. Before the Pan Yuliang's posthumous works and relics were shipped back in two batches, Hou Yimin and Tang Xiaoming had already sent the lists of the two batches to Wang Mi.

"Acceptance" is to check whether there are any errors in the types and quantities of the returned goods and the items on the list.

The personnel involved in the "counting, acceptance, and handover" work are composed of three personnel: representatives of the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture (Wang Mi, Liu Guohua), the counting and acceptance team (Art Department of the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, Provincial Culture Eight people from the Department of Art, the Provincial Museum, and the Provincial Artists Association), two family representatives, totaling 12 people. Representatives from the Ministry of Culture will preside over the inventory acceptance and distribution handover work.

The inventory and acceptance work are carried out under very strict requirements. The location is in the lobby on the second floor of the Provincial Museum. The inventory and acceptance are in progress, and no one outside the group is allowed to enter.

The inventory and acceptance inspection were very detailed at first, requiring both looking at the paintings and counting. After a day of doing it, only one and a half boxes were counted. Everyone felt that it would take a long time if this continued. In the end, in addition to larger boxes, If you count all your works, you can’t even count sketches and sketches. The inventory and acceptance were carried out according to the rough lines on the "list": "One package of sketches", "One large package of sketches", "A number of books", "One volume of Sanyu's sketches".

Wang Mi and Liu Guohua first selected 53 pieces of Pan Yuliang’s posthumous works with the highest artistic value during the three-day inspection and acceptance. have no idea.

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