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Huang Run Yue: Zhen Zhong Pavilion Inscription Stele

Dynasty
Modern Era
1912 CE-Present
Author
Huang Run Yue
1921 CE-2005 CE
字体 Script
Clerical script
Huang Run Yue, originally from Changsha, Hunan, was an educator, writer, and poet. He served as principal of Xin Wen Long Chinese High School in Rengit, Johor, chairman of the United Chinese School Teachers? Association of Malaysia, and principal of Pay Fong High School in Malacca. In his later years he devoted himself to religious activities. His early calligraphy followed Qing calligrapher Qian Nanyuan, and later he studied the Han Zhang Qian Stele and Yi Ying Stele. Written in clerical script, the Zhen Zhong Pavilion Inscription for Xin Wen Long Chinese High School contains several hundred characters and is a grand work. The brushwork is like slanting rain in a crosswind; the lines respond fluidly to one another. Dense areas are not cramped, and open areas are not empty, giving the work a natural subtlety.
Transcription

Inscription for Zhen Zhong Pavilion.

We, descendants of the Yan and Huang emperors, crossed the southern seas, enduring wind and rain.

Opening wilderness and cultivating new land, we remained diligent, frugal, and self-reliant.

We did not forget the teachings of our distant ancestors: loyalty, trustworthiness, sincerity, and respect.

Preserving the spirit of a great culture, we established schools and extended the teachings of filial piety and brotherly respect.

Academies were built everywhere, and the sound of study never ceased; throughout Malaya this was so, and the three districts were especially distinguished.

The school buildings are magnificent and well equipped. Learning and community benefit advance together.

Generous donations in this small town did not yield to those of great cities; literary culture flourished and its reputation spread far and wide.

Directors and teachers cooperated, different paths returning to one aim. Teachers and students share one body in transmitting the Way and teaching the professions.

How fortunate are the students to study in such a fine place; how fortunate are the teachers to teach in this district.

With gratitude, the teachers and students of the three districts raised funds to build this pavilion, named Zhen Zhong, to commemorate Mr. Teh Cheng Chong, chairman of the joint board of Chinese schools of Sungai Rengit, Benut, and Rengit, and to express the wish to revive Chinese culture.

Respectfully composed and written by Huang Run Yue of Changsha, July 15, 1954.