Mao Zedong's calligraphy is majestic, and he has repeatedly written inscriptions for major universities in my country. According to incomplete statistics, there are as many as 41 universities that use "Mao style" to make their school names, 10 of which are inscribed by Mao Zedong himself, and the rest are collections of calligraphy. Let's take a look Look at those colleges and universities where Mao Zedong personally inscribed their names!
10 universities whose names were inscribed by Mao Zedong himself
Mao Zedong's inscription at Peking University
On December 12, 1949, on the occasion of the 51st anniversary of Peking University, the Peking University School Committee sent a letter to Mao Zedong, inviting Chairman Mao to attend the anniversary and inscribe the school name for Peking University in preparation for the production of a new school emblem. The letter included a A piece of paper, with a rectangular frame 11 centimeters long and 3.1 centimeters wide, written by Liu Chun, the official, with the four words "Peking University" marked under the frame for Chairman Mao's size reference when writing the name of the school.On March 17, 1950, the Secretariat Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China put Chairman Mao's inscription on the school emblem of Peking University in an envelope and sent it to Peking University with the note "Send Chairman Mao's inscription on the school emblem of Peking University. Please check it."Mao Zedong’s inscription for Tsinghua University is stored in the school history museumIn June 1950, Mao Zedong inscribed the name of Tsinghua University at the request of Professor Zhang Xiruo conveyed by teachers and students of Tsinghua University. He wrote six words in a row "Tsinghua University" and humbly recommended himself, "The cursive script on the lower right seems better."
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Today, the original inscribed by Chairman Mao is kept in the Tsinghua University Archives.
Mao Zedong's inscription at Fudan University
In 1950, Fudan University changed the plaque on its gate (the original six-character plaque "National Fudan University" was inscribed by Yu Youren in 1946). Chen Wangdao, deputy director of the school committee, wrote a letter to respectfully request Chairman Mao to inscribe the name of Fudan University.The following year, Fudan received an autographed letter containing Chairman Mao's four-character "Fudan University" inscribed on white rice paper. It was immediately enlarged and copied into a plaque on the school gate. The reduced copy was then used for school envelopes, letterheads, school emblems, graduation certificate covers, etc. The original remains, which are still in use today, were carefully framed by Rongbaozhai and kept in the school archives.Beijing Normal University
Mao Zedong inscribed on Beijing Normal University
On August 30, 1950, when the whole country was joyfully welcoming the first anniversary of the birth of New China, President Lin Liru of Beijing Normal University planned to change the school emblem and sent a letter to Chairman Mao asking for the Chairman's inscription.Not long ago, the school name inscribed by Chairman Mao for Beijing Normal University was sent to the school. Chairman Mao wrote a total of three lines of horizontal writing. From top to bottom, the line is slightly larger than the previous line. In the upper right corner, he wrote "President Lin of Normal University" and in one of the lines After the words, a circle says "for general use", which means that he is more satisfied with the line of inscription.
Mao Zedong inscribed on Nankai University
The four golden characters on the gate of "Nankai University" shine elegantly and elegantly, and are the symbol of Nankai University. What makes Nankai people even more proud is that the name of the school was specially inscribed by Mao Zedong for Nankai University.In 1950, when the People's Republic of China was just founded, Nankai was still devastated by rubble and was waiting to be revitalized. The teachers and students of Nankai were determined to rebuild a beautiful campus. However, the school at that time did not even have an official school nameplate, so someone wrote a letter asking Chairman Mao to be the school's founder. title.When Chairman Mao replied to the letter, he specially wrote several different words "Nankai University" vertically and horizontally for the students to choose from. As a result, Nankai University got a new life in Chairman Mao's inscription.
Mao Zedong addressed to Hunan University (right) Mao Zedong addressed to Li Daza (left)
On August 20, 1950, Chairman Mao personally inscribed the name of Hunan University at the request of Li Da, the president of Hunan at the time, and wrote back to Li Da: "Brother Heming: The name of the school is written on another paper. I don't know if it is suitable? I can't write more." You can enlarge the big characters yourself. I wish you good health! Mao Zedong August 20th."
The original letter and a copy of the school name inscribed by Mao Zedong are now preserved in the Hunan University ArchivesMao Zedong inscribed on Anhui University
Anhui University, formerly known as Anhui Provincial University, has experienced historical turmoil such as name change, suspension, resumption, and relocation. On May 20, 1956, Anhui University once proposed to be named Hefei University. On July 5, 1958, the State Council decided to appoint Zeng Xisheng as Hefei University. University President.
On September 16 of the same year, Chairman Mao came to Hefei for inspection. When Zeng Xisheng asked Chairman Mao to inscribe the name of the school, Chairman Mao said, "'Anhui University' is better."At about 7 pm on September 16, 1958, Chairman Mao arrived in Hefei by bus from Anqing via Shucha Commune and stayed at "Xiyuan". Zeng Xisheng asked Chairman Mao to inscribe the name of Anhui University. Chairman Mao left in one swipe late at night on the 16th regardless of the fatigue of the inspection.
Mao Zedong inscribed on Guizhou University
In 1951, Chairman Mao wrote "Guizhou University" on the official paper of the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission. The words "Guizhou University" on Guizhou University's school name, school emblem, admission brochure and other materials are all Chairman Mao's inscriptions. Everyone who enters the school Freshmen all know that this is the attention and encouragement given to the school by a great man of a generation, which will make every Guida person and even every Guizhou person proud.Mao Zedong inscribed on Guangxi UniversityIn 1950, the famous educator and philosopher Yang Dongshun became the president of Guangxi University. In 1952, President Yang Dongshun wrote a letter to Chairman Mao requesting Chairman Mao to inscribe the name of Guangxi University. Soon, Chairman Mao replied to President Yang and inscribed the name Guangxi University. The name of Guangxi University, which was inscribed by Chairman Mao himself, is still in use today.
Mao Zedong inscribed Xiangtan University
In 1958, the Xiangtan County Party Committee organized the establishment of Xiangtan University, the first university in Chairman Mao’s hometown.
In early August 1958, Mao Yuju went to Beijing to report to Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee on the preparations for the establishment of Xiangtan University. Mao Yuju asked the Chairman to inscribe the school sign.
Mao Zedong personally inscribed the name of the school and repeatedly urged "it must be run well"When Mao Zedong was chatting with Li Da, the president of Hunan University, he once said, "When I step down from the chairman's position, I will go to Xiangtan University to become the president."
Beijing Jiaotong University
Northern Jiaotong UniversityAfter the Peking Railway Management College was renamed "Northern Jiaotong University" in 1950, the biggest wish of the teachers and students was to ask Chairman Mao to inscribe the school's name.On April 24, 1951, Northern Jiaotong University received Chairman Mao's inscription and wrote two lines on a piece of letterhead "Northern Jiaotong University" from "Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission". Mao Zedong himself circled the second line.Mao Zedong inscribed Northern Jiaotong UniversityIn 2003, Northern Jiaotong University resumed using the name "Beijing Jiaotong University". In order to ensure a unified font, it borrowed the lower half of the Beijing character for "Peking University" (some say it cost 400,000 in copyright fees) and the "square" for "North". The upper part of the character "京" is put together to form the current character "京"Shanghai Jiaotong UniversityXi'an Jiaotong UniversitySouthwest Jiaotong UniversityThe four words "Jiaotong University" among the three universitiesMao Zedong was adopted as theThe school name inscribed by Northern Jiaotong UniversityThe rest of the characters were pieced together from the hair styles collected by each school.
Central Academy of Fine Arts
Mao Zedong's letter to Xu BeihongAfter the founding of New China, Xu Beihong was appointed by the Central People's Government as the president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. On November 29, 1949, Mao Zedong inscribed "National Academy of Fine Arts" and wrote to Xu Beihong. In April 1950, National Beiping Art College and the three art departments of North China University The merger formally established the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Chairman Mao's inscription for the Central Academy of Fine Arts was hung. The two characters "Central" were used as collection characters.The Central Academy Of Drama
Mao Zedong inscribed on the Central Academy of DramaMao Zedong meets with students from the School of DramaOuyang Yuqian, a famous veteran dramatist who was appointed as the dean of the Central Academy of Drama in November 1949, wrote to Chairman Mao Zedong asking him to inscribe the school's name for the Central Academy of Drama. Shortly after, the chairman wrote back: "The letter has been received. Please write it as if it were on a separate sheet of paper." Four words "National Academy of Drama" were written in calligraphy on the paper for selection. Later, the Central Academy of Drama and the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Music were collectively called the "Central Academy of Drama". When making the school emblem and school sign, the four words "National Academy of Drama" were chosen from Chairman Mao's original book. The word "Central" refers to the words set by the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Mao Zedong to Gao Hengzha (envelope)The inscription "Shandong University" comes from a handwritten letter sent by Mao Zedong to Gao Heng, a famous paleographer at the School of Literature of Shandong University. Mao Zedong read Gao Heng's works on "Laozi" and "Book of Changes" and affirmed Mr. Gao's achievements. evaluate
Mr. Gao was so excited about this that he returned to Shandong University and sent six of his works, including "New Notes of Zhuzi" and "Modern Notes to the Ancient Book of Changes", together with a letter, to Zhou Yang, then deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, for forwarding to Chairman Mao Zedong.
It took about a month for Mao Zedong to write to Gao Hengzha before I received a reply from Chairman Mao Zedong. Although the four characters "Shandong University" were taken from Chairman Mao's envelope and were not specifically titled, they are not the same as the characters in the collection.
