Zheng Xiaoxu

• Zheng Xiaoxu was a modern Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher. He was good at regular script, and one of the advocates of “Tong Guang School”.

• relevant artists

  • Li Shenpei

  • Li Ni

  • Nakabayashi Gochiku

  • Meikaku Kusakabe

    Kusakabe Meikaku, his real name is Tosaku, the courtesy name is Ziyu, and the art names are Dongyu, Suiryu, Yazuru, Old Crane, and Tsuruso. He is called "the father of modern Japanese calligraphy". In 1891, he traveled to China and interacted with literary figures of the late Qing dynasty, such as Zhang Zuyi, Wu Dacheng, and Wu Changshuo. He was an early member of the Xilin company.

  • Xu Shichang

    Xu Shichang, courtesy name Buwu, and pseudonyms Juren, Taozhai, Donghai, and later in life Shuizhu Village, had a deep foundation in classical Chinese studies. Not only did he write books and establish himself in the field of literature, but he also studied calligraphy. He was particularly skilled in painting landscapes, pine trees, and bamboo.

  • Sun Baoqi

    Sun Baoqi, whose courtesy name was Mu Han and who was signed as Meng Jin in his later years, was a native of Hangzhou, Zhejiang. He was an important minister from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the fourth acting prime minister of the Beiyang government, and a diplomat.

  • Wei Zhusheng

    Wei Zhunsheng, Courtesy name is Zhusheng, was born in Changsu, Jiangsu. He is a calligrapher and seal carver in Qing dynasty. He was good at Zhangcao style.

  • Hu Siyuan

    Hu Siyuan, born in Guizhou. Worked as Secretary of the State Government, Senate. Good at poetry and calligraphy.

  • Shen Ruilin

  • Rong Hou

  • Zhang Jinghui

    Zhang Jinghui, a close aide to Zhang Zuolin, serving as the second Prime Minister of Manchukuo.

  • Han Yunjie

  • Lv Ronghuan

  • Xi Qia

  • Zhang Huanxian

  • Chen Jicheng

  • Chen Shaokuan

  • Bao Xi

    Bao Xi was born in Zhenglanqi, Manzhou. Minister of the Ministry of Rites, Bachelor of Cabinet, law minister, After the Republic of China, worked as Advisor to the Presidential Office, Senator and participated in politics.

  • San Duo

  • Chen Boqiao

  • Puyi

  • Zhang Shouyi

  • Xie He

  • Chen Banding

    Chen Banding, courtesy name was Jing Shan and Jing Lu, art name was Zhuhuan Jushi and Shen Weng, born in Shaoxing Zhejiang. He grew up in a poor family and moved to Shanghai to make a living in 1894, and through the introduction of an acquaintance, he met Ren Bonin and Wu Changshuo. He learned painting techniques from them, in addition, Wu Guxiang, Wu Shixian, Gao Yongzhi, Lu Lianfu and other scholars. He worked at the Peking University Library after 40 years old. Later, he became a professor at the National Beiping Art College. In the 1940s, he participated in numerous exhibitions and charities. Since the 1950s, he served as the vice director of the Beijing Chinese Painting Institute, the chairman of the Chinese Painting Study Group, the director of the Chinese Artists Association, the researcher of the Chinese Artists Association, the staff of the Central Literature Museum, the member of the Committee for Reforming the Chinese Written Language, the member of the Third China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the member of the Second, Third and Fourth of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He was good at painting flowers and landscapes, calligraphy and seal carving. His well-known works are “Loquats of perpetual summer” and “Yellow flowers”.

  • Pu Ru

    Pu Ru was born in Beijing, the grandson of Prince Gong. He was good at painting landscapes, bird-and-flower, animals and calligraphy.

  • Ding Yanyong

    Ding Yanyong was born in Maoming, Hongdong. He moved to Hongkong in 1949, He taught Chinese painting at The Chinese University of Hongkong for life. He often held exhibition world wide and took a place at others exhibitions. He learned western painting in childhood, he started learning Chinese painting after 1929, he also wrote about seal craving and art theory.　After his death, his exhibitions were held in Hongkong and also, established “Ding Yanyong Academic Achievement Award” and “Ding Yanyong art Award”. He has published his art books and it has in French version as well.

  • Zhang Boying

    Zhang Boying, courtesy name Shaopu, was a calligrapher, epigrapher, poet, and scholar.

  • Cao Rulin

    Cao Rulin (1877-1966), courtesy name Runtian, was a high-ranking official in the early Republic of China and the leader of the New Communications Clique. Before the May Fourth Movement, he served as Minister of Transportation, Minister of Finance, and General Manager of the Bank of Communications. He was also a politician in the Beiyang Government (Beijing Government).

  • Luo Zhenyu

    Luo Zhenyu, courtesy name was Shu Yan, art name was Xue Tang and Zhensong Laoren, born in Shangyu Zhejiang. He was good at seal script, clerical script, regular script and semi-cursive script, and he was the first person to write oracle bone script in calligraphy. He made some contributions, such as preserving emperor documents, researching and dissemination of oracle bone scripts in the Yin Ruins, compiling Dunhuang and Tang manuscripts, and researching Han and Jin Mokkan (wooden tablets).