What is the font of "People's Bank of China" on RMB?

The word "People's Bank of China" on RMB is a variant of Hebei, which was written by a researcher appointed by Nan, then Governor of the People's Bank of China, to work in the Economic Research Office (later changed to the Planning Office).

1983 One day in March, the general office of the People's Bank of China received a letter from Yangqu County. This letter was addressed to the then Vice President of Hu Jingyun. As Hu Jingyun was hospitalized, this letter was forwarded to the Financial Research Institute of the Head Office. I opened the letter and saw that there was a Shanxi Daily in March 1983+0. The writer circled an article with less than 200 words in the lower right corner of the third edition. "The six words' China People's Bank' were written by Ji." Obviously, this letter has something to do with this newspaper.

The author's name is Ma Wenwei. In his letter, he always denied that the "China People's Bank" in Shaanxi Daily was written by Ji. Ji is the first director of the Institute of Finance. In the letter, Ma Wenwei also asked the head office whether the statement in Shaanxi Daily was the information provided by the head office, and asked the head office to investigate the matter. At the end of the letter, he wrote: "The words' People's Bank of China' were personally compiled by the governor of South Chen Han when he was in office."

The word "China People's Bank" is rich, elegant and harmonious, combining rigidity with softness. Who wrote it? The comrades of the Finance College have not studied it in depth. In fact, these six Han Li and Wei Bei variant writers, who are highly praised by experts, have always been kept as state secrets. People don't usually mention it casually.

The Institute of Finance inquired about this letter from the headquarters and reported it to Hu Jingyun who was being treated in the hospital. Finally, I wrote back to Ma Wenwei in the name of the college.

The reply said that the words "China People's Bank" reported by Shaanxi Daily were written by Ji, which was not the information provided by the Head Office. In order to avoid the destruction of RMB, the design, plate making and printing of each part of RMB face are confidential and never made public. We sent another letter asking about the report of Shanxi Daily. It is a fact that the words on the RMB you mentioned were edited by the president during his term of office. Who wrote the word "China People's Bank"? Please tell us the details at that time.

Previously, because the short article of Shanxi Daily was published, many newspapers and periodicals in China reprinted it. Some newspapers also believe that "the word' China People's Bank' was written by Comrade Nan". Because in the notes recorded by the head office that year, there was the word "using the calligraphy of the president of the South Bank".

This confidential matter was made public. Therefore, the head office of the People's Bank of China and the Printing Bureau are determined to clarify this matter, and this letter from Ma Wenwei has become an important clue to investigate this matter.

The head office handed over the investigation task to Comrade Chen Rong from the Institute of Finance.

Chen Rong came to Yangqu, a remote county town 100 miles north of Taiyuan. She followed the map and found Ma Wenwei, who was already white-haired, in an alley called "Golden Temple" in Huangzhai Village.

Ma Wenwei is not tall, but hale and hearty. In particular, he has an antique three-lock beard, which is very impressive. In the yard built by the old man with yellow mud, Chen Rong explained his purpose and hoped that Ma Lao could provide more details on this matter.

Ma Wenwei just a thoughtfully, and then said, originally he didn't want to tell the secret, things in the past 30 years, President nan Chen Han also died. But he can't read the newspaper and won't spread the truth. He said, "I am eighty years old. If I take this secret away, I will be sorry for President Nan Chen Han, Comrade Ning Jiafeng and Comrade Zheng Bobin. "

Chen Rong said that Ning Jiafeng died two years ago, and Zheng Bobin was persecuted to death in Shandong Finance College during the Cultural Revolution. They were all colleagues of Ma Wenwei. Who is the real writer?

Ma Wenwei replied, It's me. Then he said meaningfully, now that I think about it, I really should thank the "Rightists" for putting this hat on me, otherwise I would have gone to see Yan. Chen Rong asked him, can you tell me the process of writing these Chinese characters at that time, such as on what paper?

"Sky blue tiger skin rice paper." Ma Lao replied. Chen Rong recorded the old man's buried past with a pen:1In the early spring of 950, in order to meet the needs of the rapid development of the national economy after the founding of New China, the China government decided to design and issue a second set of RMB. After the design work began, Wang, deputy director of the Banknote Printing Bureau of the People's Bank of China, was responsible for organizing Luo Hezhou, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, to design RMB patterns, and Nan, the first president of the People's Bank of China, was responsible for collecting RMB inscriptions. The second set of RMB is the first complete currency in China, which is of great historical significance. President Nan pondered over the words written on his face. Should he continue to use the regular script written by Dong or ask someone to rewrite it? South Chen Han therefore asked Premier Zhou Enlai for instructions. Premier Zhou said that banknotes represent the image of a country and cannot be sloppy.

One day in April, Nan invited a researcher working in the Economic Research Office (later changed to the Planning Department) to the office. President Nan took an imperial pen borrowed from the Forbidden City and said, "Do you think this pen works?" Ma Wenwei saw that it was a very precious court pen and said, "What a good pen!" He picked up the pen, tried it several times and said, "I'm not used to it, but I'd better use my own pen." South Chen Han said, "How about you write a few words?" Ma Wenwei did not notice that Guangdong inkstone, white rice paper and all kinds of tiger rice paper had already been set up on the case. Ma Wenwei asked, "What should I write?" Nan Chen Han said, "Just write a few words about our bank." Then, Ma Wenwei went back to his office and took a writing brush. According to Nan's meaning, he wrote down several groups of Chinese characters, such as "China People's Bank" and Fenyi 2350. The rice paper used is sky blue tiger skin rice paper cut into squares in the south.

After writing, South Chen Han said to Ma Wenwei, "Wen Wei, choose a few words that you think are well written." Ma said, "It's not well written. What should I choose? "

As a matter of fact, Ma Wenwei has acquiesced in President Yugoslavia's intention. He has realized that his words may be taken as words on the RMB, but he can't say anything more. The whole process of RMB design is very confidential. Unexpectedly, Ma Wenwei spent thirty years keeping this secret for the country.

Nan Aichai, a young man at that time, was not a very famous calligrapher, but Nan had long respected him.

1942 In Chongqing, Ma Wenwei was transferred from the "Silian General Office" to the Director of the Personnel Department and the Truth Department of the Central Bureau of Letters and Calls. Because of his earnest work and frank personality, he offended "celebrities" Only after half a year, Kong Xiangxi was relieved of his post. Later, Kong sent someone to find it, hoping that he would come back and do it again. Because he once wrote some insightful investigation reports about the finance in the rear area, Kong appreciated them. But what Kong Xiangxi didn't expect was that Xiaoma Wenwei didn't buy his account. "I never dare to work under you again!" A word pushed the pit back. This story happened in wartime Chongqing, when Nan was doing underground work in Chongqing. After listening to this, he was very proud of his hometown of Shanxi. Ma Wenwei has been doing nothing in Peiping since he lost his job. It was not until after liberation that he came to the newly established People's Bank of China after being introduced by his old classmate Bo Yibo, political commissar of Beijing Military Commission. When Nan Chen Han met Ma Wenwei, he also mentioned that he had refuted Kong Xiangxi.

Ma Wenwei is very accomplished in calligraphy. His "Han Li" is original, which has both the charm of official script and the tolerance of Weibei. Nan Chen Han has a good eye for talents. From the fact that he invited an unknown person to write Chinese characters on the face of RMB, we can see that Nan deserves to be an outstanding financier and social activist of our party. He loves, cherishes and uses talents. He is not afraid of celebrities, classics, but also knows how to be good.

1950, at the memorial service of General Yang Hucheng, the elegiac couplet sent by Nan was also written.

1957, Ma Wenwei was wrongly labeled as "Rightist" and sent back to his hometown Yangqu for labor reform. After the "Cultural Revolution", the head office and the Ministry of Finance merged and the personnel changed several times. No one knows about Ma Wenwei. At the same time, Nan Yu was persecuted to death by the Gang of Four in 1967. However, Ma Wenwei didn't know the news of South Chen Han's death until 1978 was rehabilitated.

Chen Rong left Ma Wenwei with tears in her eyes. She admires the elderly and has been a "rightist" for 20 years, keeping this secret for the country. She never thought that a person who had made contributions to the country and the people had such a miserable life.

Since then, after careful appraisal by relevant parties, all the Chinese characters on the second set of RMB face are indeed written by Ma Wenwei. 1984, Beijing Evening News first published this news. Yangqu Ma Wenwei finally regained her artistic youth and political honor at the age of eighty. The old man entered the calligraphy circle. Member of Shanxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference, 1985 was selected as "Top Ten Health of the Elderly in China". His Life has been selected into more than 20 series, such as Famous Works of the Founding Fathers of the Republic of China, Treasures of China Contemporary Paintings and Calligraphy, and Who's Who of Contemporary Art, etc.

Ma Wenwei died on 1988 at the age of 85.

Up to now, five sets of RMB have been issued, and the "People's Bank of China" in Ma Wenwei is still in use, becoming the standard font of the People's Bank of China. When the fourth set (version 1980) was released, Ma Wenwei was asked to rewrite the words "country" and "silver" from traditional to simplified. As far as the popularity of calligraphy is concerned, Ma Wenwei is the first person in the world. Author: Yao Yang