FENG KANGHOU (1901-1983), WANG QI (1899-?), LUO SHUZHONG (1898-1968) AND OTHERS
Plum Blossoms and Calligraphy
A set of five fan leaves, ink on paper / ink and colour on paper
1. FENG KANGHOU (1901-1983)
Calligraphy in Clerical Script
Fan leaf, ink on gold paper
18.5 x 48 cm. (7 ¹⁄₄ x 18 ⁷⁄₈ in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Yinlu

2. WANG QI (1899-?) / FENG KANGHOU (1901-1983)
Ink Plum Blossom / Calligraphy
Fan leaf, ink on paper / ink on gold-flecked paper
15 x 39.5 cm. (5 ⁷⁄₈ x 15 ¹⁄₂ in.)
Ink Plum Blossom inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated summer, bingshen year (1956)
Dedicated to Seventh Uncle Yinlu (He Xiufeng)
Calligraphy in Clerical Script inscribed and signed by Feng Kanghou, with one seal
Dedicated to Yinlu

3. WANG QI (1899-?) / LUO SHUZHONG (1898-1968)
Ink Plum Blossom / Calligraphy
Fan leaf, ink on paper / ink on gold-flecked paper
17.5 x 53 cm. (6 ⁷⁄₈ x 20 ⁷⁄₈ in.)
Ink Plum Blossom inscribed and signed by Wang Qi
Dedicated to Seventh Uncle Xiulao (He Xiufeng)
Further inscribed by He Xiufeng on the side
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed by Luo Shuzhong, with five seals
Dedicated to Yinlu
Dated wuxu year (1958)

4. WANG QI (1899-?) / HE XIUFENG (1898-1970)
Plum Blossoms / Calligraphy in Running Script
Fan leaf, ink and colour on paper / ink on paper
18 x 50 cm. (7 ¹⁄₈ x 19 ⁵⁄₈ in.)
Plum Blossoms inscribed and signed by the artist
Dated ninth month, jiaxu year (1934)
Dedicated to Xiufeng
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed by He Xiufeng
Dated jiaxu year (1934)

5. WANG QI (1899-?) / MA FU (20TH CENTURY)
Ink Plum Blossom / Calligraphy
Fan leaf, ink on paper
19 x 44.5 cm. (7 ¹⁄₂ x 17 ¹⁄₂ in.)
Ink Plum Blossom inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dated winter, dingyou year (1957)
Dedicated to Mengheng (Ho Mang Hang)
Calligraphy in Running Script inscribed and signed, with two seals of the artist
Dedicated to Mengheng (Ho Mang Hang)
Dated eighth month, dingyou year (1957)

NOTE:
Wang Qi was the nephew of Wang Jingwei, and served as his secretary in 1932. He later served as the mayor of Guangzhou, and the Chief of Police in the Wang government.

He Xiufeng (1898-1970), born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, was the father of Ho Mang Hang, and a famous seal carver and seals collector. He worked under Wang Jingwei and helped published Poetry of Shuangzhaolou.

Originally named Wenjie, Ho Mang Hang (1916-2016) was born in Zhongshan, Guangdong, and graduated from the Department of Agriculture Economics in Jinling University. Since her mother’s family had been active in the 1911 Revolution, Ho had been acquainted with Wang Jingwei and his family since young. In 1939, Ho married Wang Jingwei’s daughter Wang Wenxing. He left for Hong Kong in 1948 and later took up a position as Laboratory Superintendent in the Botany Department in Hong Kong University. After retiring in 1980, he devoted his time to gathering and studying materials and documents written by and related to Wang Jingwei. In 2010, Ho co-founded the Wang Jingwei Irrevocable Trust with his wife.

Wang Jingwei remains one of the most fascinating and complex political and literary figures in modern Chinese history. As a revolutionary, Wang played an important role in the fall of the Qing dynasty and called for democratic and social reforms during the 1920s and the 1930s, before becoming a leader of the Peace Movement during the Second Sino-Japanese War. An accomplished calligrapher, poet, writer and friend to many artists, Wang is also well-known for his collection of poetry, titled Shuangzhaolou shicigao, including Xiaoxiuji (A Little Rest) and Saoyeji (Brush Leaves) collections. A selection of poems and translation has been published in Poems of Wang Ching-wei (London, Allen & Unwin, 1938).