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上海市政协主席 冯国勤
中华文明绵延数千年，至今傲立于世界民族之林，与每当危难关头我们民族总有志士仁人舍身救国息息相关。
从19世纪40年代起，中国逐步沦为半殖民地半封建社会。面对西方列强的野蛮侵略和清王朝的腐朽，以孙中山先生为代表的一批革命志士，“亟拯斯民于水火，切扶大厦之将倾”，为了民族独立和人民解放，为了国家富强和人民富裕，同帝国主义和封建势力进行了前赴后继、可歌可泣的抗争。辛亥革命推翻了清王朝的统治，结束了延续几千年的君主专制制度，极大地推动了中华民族的思想解放，为中国先进分子探索救国救民的道路打开了新的视野，是中国人民为改变自己命运而奋起革命的一个伟大里程碑。
先人已去，精神犹存。辛亥革命的另一重要遗产，在于变革过程中先驱们留给我们宝贵的政治思想财富。除孙中山先生的著作之外，邹容的《革命军》、林觉民的《与妻书》、秋瑾的《对酒》等诗文，或思想深邃，或豪情万丈，都曾启迪世人，激励来者，成为中华民族思想宝库中的瑰宝，在我们为实现中华民族伟大复兴而奋斗的征程上，仍然具有重要的启迪和教育意义。
有鉴于此，藉纪念辛亥革命一百年之际，上海市政协组织沪上艺术家围绕《辛亥人物与思想•美术创作展》进行创作，旨在借助传统书画艺术的手法，展现先人风采，传承先人思想，鼓舞我们在全面建设小康社会的道路上奋勇前行。
本次创作涉及书法、绘画、篆刻等领域，包括《纪念辛亥百年戴敦邦绘人物谱》作品一百幅、《纪念辛亥百年名家书法集》作品一百件、《纪念辛亥百年名家印存》作品一百方。
本册为《纪念辛亥百年名家印存》，内容选自四十三位名人诗文名句，均取传统的闲章形制，由在上海的西泠印社名家高式熊、陈振濂、童衍方、刘一闻、徐云叔等三十人激情奏刀而成，金石声振，激荡之中传递出辛亥人物的思想火花，具有很高的思想性和艺术性，也反映了当前沪上篆刻艺术的风采。值此出版之际，谨向各位篆刻艺术家表示衷心感谢！
Preface
Feng Guoqin
Chairman of Shanghai Municipal Political Consultative Conference
With a long history that can be dated back to thousands of years ago, China remains a giant among all the nations across the world, and whenever she was trapped in jeopardy, there have always been patriots standing up, with no fear for death and with full devotion to the country, and fighting hard for her.
Since 1840s, China gradually slipped into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. Against the savage invasion by western forces and the corruption of the Government of Qing Dynasty, some revolutionists, led by Sun Yat-sen, set off an unceasing and courageous campaign against the imperialist and feudal forces, with the aim to “save people from mire and fire and raise the Country that was about to fall apart”, with the goal of national independence and liberation, and with a grand vision of a powerful China and affluent living conditions of Chinese people. The Xinhai Revolution, putting an end to the monarchy that had continued for thousands of years, has driven forward greatly the emancipation of minds of the Chinese people, and has unveiled a brand-new perspective for those who dedicated themselves to seeking ways to save China and her people. The revolution is a remarkable milestone that marks the endeavors of Chinese people struggling to change their destiny.
Long gone have they been, their spirit permanently lasts. Among the precious heritage left by the Revolution, we can see abundant political theories and thoughts. Besides the works of Sun Yat-sen, there had been lots of inspirational literary works to the credit of those revolutionists, such as “Revolutionary Army” by Zou Rong, “Letter to My Wife” by Lin Juemin, and “Ode to Wine” by Qiu Jin.Those works, either deep in thought or imposing and overwhelming in effect, have inspired lots of people, and they can be acclaimed as literature treasures in Chinese culture. They are also inspirational particularly when we are now on our way to the revival of our great nation.
Therefore, at the 100th anniversary of Xinhai Revolution, organized by Shanghai Municipal Political Consultative Conference, artists in Shanghai embarked upon the preparation of “Xinhai Figures and Their Thoughts • Fine Art Exhibition”, trying to represent the heroic deeds and deep thoughts of those revolutionists in front of us with traditional painting skills, and spur us forward toward the goal of establishing a well-off society.
The exhibition covers a myriad of areas such as calligraphy, paintings and seal cutting, including 100 paintings of “Figures in Xinhai Revolution Drawn by Dai Dunbang in Memory of the 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution”, 100 pieces of “Calligraphic Works by Famous Calligraphers in Memory of the 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution”, and 100 pieces of “Seals carved by Famous Seal Cutters in Memory of the 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution”.
This volume is “Seals carved by Famous Seal Cutters in Memory of the 100th Anniversary of Xinhai Revolution”, which reveals sophisticated seal-cutting skills and shows those well-known poems of 43 celebrities. 30 famous Shanghai seal-cutting artists from Xiling Seal Society, including Gao Shixiong, Chen Zhenlian, Tong Yanfang, Liu Yiwen and Xu Yunshu, etc., co-worked and represented the ideological sparks of those revolutionists. The art pieces are supreme both in thought and in artistic effect; in the meantime, they also present the outstanding seal cutting level in Shanghai. Therefore, I would take this opportunity upon the publishing of the work to give my sincere thanks to those outstanding seal cutting artists.
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