Feng Zikai 豐子愷 - Revision history

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	==Biography==		==Biography==

-	As a youth, Fēng received a classical education at the Confucian academy run by his father. When Fēng was 13 ''suì'' 歲, the academy was turned into a modern school, and he became one of the first students. He was first in his class and in [[1914]] he became a student at a middle school in ~~Hángzhou1~~ [[杭州]], where he studied art under Lǐ Shūtóng (who later became the famous artist and monk Hóngyī [[弘一]]). Lǐ recognized Fēng's artistic talent and had a major impact on his later development. While in school, Fēng also studied Japanese. In [[1918]] Lǐ Shūtóng ordained in Hángzhōu. Before he did so, he gave some of his work and supplies to his senior students, chief among which was Fēng.	+	As a youth, Fēng received a classical education at the Confucian academy run by his father. When Fēng was 13 ''suì'' 歲, the academy was turned into a modern school, and he became one of the first students. He was first in his class and in [[1914]] he became a student at a middle school in Hángzhōu [[杭州]], where he studied art under Lǐ Shūtóng (who later became the famous artist and monk Hóngyī [[弘一]]). Lǐ recognized Fēng's artistic talent and had a major impact on his later development. While in school, Fēng also studied Japanese. In [[1918]] Lǐ Shūtóng ordained in Hángzhōu. Before he did so, he gave some of his work and supplies to his senior students, chief among which was Fēng.

	Fēng graduated in July of [[1919]], whereupon he and several of his classmates moved to Shànghǎi [[上海]] where they worked at a new school. Fēng taught in the art department and helped establish the Chinese Fine Arts Educational Society 中華美育會, which published the magazine ''Měiyù'' 美育.		Fēng graduated in July of [[1919]], whereupon he and several of his classmates moved to Shànghǎi [[上海]] where they worked at a new school. Fēng taught in the art department and helped establish the Chinese Fine Arts Educational Society 中華美育會, which published the magazine ''Měiyù'' 美育.

-	In the fall of [[1921]], Fēng went to Japan to study oil painting. ~~At the time he~~ also joined groups dedicated to studying Western musical and painting techniques. After ten months in Japan, lack of funds forced Fēng to return to China. He worked in Shànghǎi for the year before taking two positions teaching in Níngbō [[寧波]].	+	In the fall of [[1921]], Fēng went to Japan to study oil painting. He also joined groups dedicated to studying Western musical and painting techniques. After ten months in Japan, lack of funds forced Fēng to return to China. He worked in Shànghǎi for the year before taking two positions teaching in Níngbō [[寧波]].

	In May, [[1925]], the magazine ''Wénxué zhōubào'' 文學周報 published a special collection of Fēng's work, which was published as the monograph ''Zǐkǎi mànhuà'' 子愷漫畫 by Kāimíng Books 開明書店 the following year. This was Fēng's first book, and the first Chinese book to us the word "''mànhuà'' 漫畫" in the title. That same year, the Lìdá Study Association 立達學會 was formed by Fēng and his friends along with the associated Lìdá Middle School 立達中學 (the name was changed to the Lìdá School 立達學園 in [[1926]]).		In May, [[1925]], the magazine ''Wénxué zhōubào'' 文學周報 published a special collection of Fēng's work, which was published as the monograph ''Zǐkǎi mànhuà'' 子愷漫畫 by Kāimíng Books 開明書店 the following year. This was Fēng's first book, and the first Chinese book to us the word "''mànhuà'' 漫畫" in the title. That same year, the Lìdá Study Association 立達學會 was formed by Fēng and his friends along with the associated Lìdá Middle School 立達中學 (the name was changed to the Lìdá School 立達學園 in [[1926]]).
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	Over the next ten years Fēng produced a large body of work, which included both visual art, essays, and introductory textbooks.		Over the next ten years Fēng produced a large body of work, which included both visual art, essays, and introductory textbooks.

-	During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Fēng wrote against Japanese imperialism. And some point he fled Hángzhōu, returning the year after the war was won. he did not stay long, and in [[1950]] he moved to Shànghǎi, were he lived for the rest of his life. In the 1950s and into the 1960s he served on the steering committees of various arts associations and gallery boards.	+	During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Fēng wrote against Japanese imperialism. And some point he fled Hángzhōu, returning the year after the war was won. He did not stay long in Hángzhōu for very long, however, and in [[1950]] he moved to Shànghǎi, were he lived for the rest of his life. In the 1950s and into the 1960s he served on the steering committees of various arts associations and gallery boards.

	==Important Works==		==Important Works==

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	\|image=[[File:Feng_Zikai.jpg\|center\|Feng Zikai]]		\|image=[[File:Feng_Zikai.jpg\|center\|Feng Zikai]]
	\|birth=[[1898]] (Guāngxù 光緒 24) in Chóngdé County 崇德縣, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]		\|birth=[[1898]] (Guāngxù 光緒 24) in Chóngdé County 崇德縣, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]
-	\|death=1975	+	\|death=1975 in Shànghǎi [[上海]]
	\|associates=Notable Associates:		\|associates=Notable Associates:
	* Hóngyī [[弘一]]		* Hóngyī [[弘一]]
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	During the mid-1920s, Fēng saw Hóngyī several times. Under his encouragement, Fēng formally took refuge in Buddhism at his private studio under Hóngyī on September 26, 1926 (which was his 30th birthday according to ''suì'' reckoning).		During the mid-1920s, Fēng saw Hóngyī several times. Under his encouragement, Fēng formally took refuge in Buddhism at his private studio under Hóngyī on September 26, 1926 (which was his 30th birthday according to ''suì'' reckoning).

		+	Over the next ten years Fēng produced a large body of work, which included both visual art, essays, and introductory textbooks.

		+	During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Fēng wrote against Japanese imperialism. And some point he fled Hángzhōu, returning the year after the war was won. he did not stay long, and in [[1950]] he moved to Shànghǎi, were he lived for the rest of his life. In the 1950s and into the 1960s he served on the steering committees of various arts associations and gallery boards.

	==Important Works==		==Important Works==
		+	* 車廂社會
		+	* 都會之音
		+	* 兒童漫畫
		+	* 近世十大音樂家
		+	* 人間相
		+	* 西洋畫派十二講
		+	* 學生漫畫
		+	* ''Yīnyuè rùmén'' 音樂入門. 1926.
		+	* 藝術漫談
		+	* 緣緣堂隨筆
	* ''Zǐkǎi mànhuà'' 子愷漫畫. 1925.		* ''Zǐkǎi mànhuà'' 子愷漫畫. 1925.
	** An updated version of this collection can be viewed [http://www.grassy.org/art_cn/fzkai/picture.htm here].		** An updated version of this collection can be viewed [http://www.grassy.org/art_cn/fzkai/picture.htm here].
-	* ''Zǐkǎi mànjí'' 子愷漫集, ~~vol. 2. 1926.~~	+	* ''Zǐkǎi mànjí'' 子愷漫集, multiple volumes. 1926-19??.
-	* ''Yīnyuè rùmén'' 音樂入門. 1926.	+
	'''With Hóngyī and Lǐ Yuánjìng 李圓淨'''		'''With Hóngyī and Lǐ Yuánjìng 李圓淨'''
-	* ''Hùshēng huàjí'' 護生畫集. 1928.	+	* ''Hùshēng huàjí'' 護生畫集, six volumes. 1928-1975.
-	** ~~This~~ work can be viewed [http://www.jcedu.org/art/hs/1/index1.htm here].	+	** Fēng produced one volume of this work on the occasions of every tenth of Hóngyī's birthdays. Each volume included a number of paintings equal to Hóngyī's age. Fēng continued to produce these works even after Hóngyī's death.
		+	** Some of this can be viewed [http://www.jcedu.org/art/hs/1/index1.htm here].

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	'''With Hóngyī and Lǐ Yuánjìng 李圓淨'''		'''With Hóngyī and Lǐ Yuánjìng 李圓淨'''
	* ''Hùshēng huàjí'' 護生畫集. 1928.		* ''Hùshēng huàjí'' 護生畫集. 1928.
		+	** This work can be viewed [http://www.jcedu.org/art/hs/1/index1.htm here].

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Erik hammerstrom at 21:03, 5 April 2010

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	\|associates=Notable Associates:		\|associates=Notable Associates:
	* Hóngyī [[弘一]]		* Hóngyī [[弘一]]
		+	* Lǐ Yuánjìng 李圓淨
	\|editor-name=Erik Hammerstrom		\|editor-name=Erik Hammerstrom
	}}		}}
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	During the mid-1920s, Fēng saw Hóngyī several times. Under his encouragement, Fēng formally took refuge in Buddhism at his private studio under Hóngyī on September 26, 1926 (which was his 30th birthday according to ''suì'' reckoning).		During the mid-1920s, Fēng saw Hóngyī several times. Under his encouragement, Fēng formally took refuge in Buddhism at his private studio under Hóngyī on September 26, 1926 (which was his 30th birthday according to ''suì'' reckoning).
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	==Important Works==		==Important Works==
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	* ''Zǐkǎi mànjí'' 子愷漫集, vol. 2. 1926.		* ''Zǐkǎi mànjí'' 子愷漫集, vol. 2. 1926.
	* ''Yīnyuè rùmén'' 音樂入門. 1926.		* ''Yīnyuè rùmén'' 音樂入門. 1926.
		+	'''With Hóngyī and Lǐ Yuánjìng 李圓淨'''
		+	* ''Hùshēng huàjí'' 護生畫集. 1928.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

Erik hammerstrom at 20:59, 5 April 2010

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	\|name-date=Fēng Zǐkǎi 豐子愷 (1898－1975)		\|name-date=Fēng Zǐkǎi 豐子愷 (1898－1975)
	\|names=* Names 名: Cíyù 慈玉, Rùn 潤, Rén 仁		\|names=* Names 名: Cíyù 慈玉, Rùn 潤, Rén 仁
-	* Style name 號:	+	* Dharma name 法名: Yīngxíng 嬰行
-	* Courtesy name 字:	+
-	* Dharma name 法名:	+
	\|image=[[File:Feng_Zikai.jpg\|center\|Feng Zikai]]		\|image=[[File:Feng_Zikai.jpg\|center\|Feng Zikai]]
	\|birth=[[1898]] (Guāngxù 光緒 24) in Chóngdé County 崇德縣, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]		\|birth=[[1898]] (Guāngxù 光緒 24) in Chóngdé County 崇德縣, Zhèjiāng [[浙江]]
	\|death=1975		\|death=1975
	\|associates=Notable Associates:		\|associates=Notable Associates:
-	*	+	* Hóngyī [[弘一]]
	\|editor-name=Erik Hammerstrom		\|editor-name=Erik Hammerstrom
	}}		}}
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	In the fall of [[1921]], Fēng went to Japan to study oil painting. At the time he also joined groups dedicated to studying Western musical and painting techniques. After ten months in Japan, lack of funds forced Fēng to return to China. He worked in Shànghǎi for the year before taking two positions teaching in Níngbō [[寧波]].		In the fall of [[1921]], Fēng went to Japan to study oil painting. At the time he also joined groups dedicated to studying Western musical and painting techniques. After ten months in Japan, lack of funds forced Fēng to return to China. He worked in Shànghǎi for the year before taking two positions teaching in Níngbō [[寧波]].

-	In May, [[1925]], the magazine ''Wénxué zhōubào'' 文學周報 published a special collection of Fēng's work, which was published as the monograph ''Zǐkǎi mànhuà'' 子愷漫畫 by Kāimíng Books 開明書店 the following year. This was Fēng's first book, and the first Chinese book to us the word "''mànhuà'' 漫畫" in the title. That same year, the Lìdá Study Association 立達學會 was formed by Fēng and his friends along with the associated Lìdá Middle School 立達中學.	+	In May, [[1925]], the magazine ''Wénxué zhōubào'' 文學周報 published a special collection of Fēng's work, which was published as the monograph ''Zǐkǎi mànhuà'' 子愷漫畫 by Kāimíng Books 開明書店 the following year. This was Fēng's first book, and the first Chinese book to us the word "''mànhuà'' 漫畫" in the title. That same year, the Lìdá Study Association 立達學會 was formed by Fēng and his friends along with the associated Lìdá Middle School 立達中學 (the name was changed to the Lìdá School 立達學園 in [[1926]]).

		+	During the mid-1920s, Fēng saw Hóngyī several times. Under his encouragement, Fēng formally took refuge in Buddhism at his private studio under Hóngyī on September 26, 1926 (which was his 30th birthday according to ''suì'' reckoning).

	==Important Works==		==Important Works==
-	* ''Zǐkǎi ~~man4hua4~~'' 子愷漫畫	+	* ''Zǐkǎi mànhuà'' 子愷漫畫. 1925.
	** An updated version of this collection can be viewed [http://www.grassy.org/art_cn/fzkai/picture.htm here].		** An updated version of this collection can be viewed [http://www.grassy.org/art_cn/fzkai/picture.htm here].
		+	* ''Zǐkǎi mànjí'' 子愷漫集, vol. 2. 1926.
		+	* ''Yīnyuè rùmén'' 音樂入門. 1926.

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	==Biography==		==Biography==

-	As a youth, Fēng received a classical education at the Confucian academy run by his father. When Fēng was 13 ''suì'' 歲, the academy was turned into a modern school, and he became one of the first students. He was first in his class and in [[1914]] he became a student at a middle school in Hángzhou1 [[杭州]], where he studied art under Lǐ Shūtóng (who later became the famous artist and monk Hóngyī [[弘一]]). Lǐ recognized Fēng's artistic talent and had a major impact on his later development. While in school, Fēng also studied Japanese.	+	As a youth, Fēng received a classical education at the Confucian academy run by his father. When Fēng was 13 ''suì'' 歲, the academy was turned into a modern school, and he became one of the first students. He was first in his class and in [[1914]] he became a student at a middle school in Hángzhou1 [[杭州]], where he studied art under Lǐ Shūtóng (who later became the famous artist and monk Hóngyī [[弘一]]). Lǐ recognized Fēng's artistic talent and had a major impact on his later development. While in school, Fēng also studied Japanese. In [[1918]] Lǐ Shūtóng ordained in Hángzhōu. Before he did so, he gave some of his work and supplies to his senior students, chief among which was Fēng.

		+	Fēng graduated in July of [[1919]], whereupon he and several of his classmates moved to Shànghǎi [[上海]] where they worked at a new school. Fēng taught in the art department and helped establish the Chinese Fine Arts Educational Society 中華美育會, which published the magazine ''Měiyù'' 美育.

		+	In the fall of [[1921]], Fēng went to Japan to study oil painting. At the time he also joined groups dedicated to studying Western musical and painting techniques. After ten months in Japan, lack of funds forced Fēng to return to China. He worked in Shànghǎi for the year before taking two positions teaching in Níngbō [[寧波]].

-	~~==Important Works==~~	+	In May, [[1925]], the magazine ''Wénxué zhōubào'' 文學周報 published a special collection of Fēng's work, which was published as the monograph ''Zǐkǎi mànhuà'' 子愷漫畫 by Kāimíng Books 開明書店 the following year. This was Fēng's first book, and the first Chinese book to us the word "''mànhuà'' 漫畫" in the title. That same year, the Lìdá Study Association 立達學會 was formed by Fēng and his friends along with the associated Lìdá Middle School 立達中學.

-	* ~~Dozens~~ of ~~his works~~ can be viewed [http://www.grassy.org/art_cn/fzkai/picture.htm here].	+
		+	==Important Works==
		+	* ''Zǐkǎi man4hua4'' 子愷漫畫
		+	** An updated version of this collection can be viewed [http://www.grassy.org/art_cn/fzkai/picture.htm here].

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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-	'''Fēng Zǐkǎi 豐子愷 (1898－1975)'''	+	'''Fēng Zǐkǎi 豐子愷 (1898－1975)''' was an important artist and illustrator of the Republican period. He was also an active lay Buddhist.

	==Biography==		==Biography==

Erik hammerstrom: moved 豐子愷 to Feng Zikai 豐子愷: To match with the new protocol

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moved 豐子愷 to Feng Zikai 豐子愷: To match with the new protocol

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-	'''Fēng Zǐkǎi 豐子愷 (1898－1975)''' ~~and a short bio.~~	+	'''Fēng Zǐkǎi 豐子愷 (1898－1975)'''

	==Biography==		==Biography==
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	==Important Works==		==Important Works==

-	* Dozens of ~~his works~~ his works can be viewed [http://www.grassy.org/art_cn/fzkai/picture.htm here].	+	* Dozens of his works can be viewed [http://www.grassy.org/art_cn/fzkai/picture.htm here].

	==Notes==		==Notes==

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	==Important Works==		==Important Works==
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		+	* Dozens of his works his works can be viewed [http://www.grassy.org/art_cn/fzkai/picture.htm here].

	==Notes==		==Notes==