张锡庚,「大跃进」的前一年出世于江苏江阴。一九七○年,父母相继亡故,从此,十三岁的他便掮起了兄弟一家人的生活。这不是一个苦字可了得的,而身为农家子弟,更谈何容易,第一位的问题,当然是如何糊口生存。但他边劳动边念书,仍然读完了高中。一九七七年恢复高考,他又考进了苏州师专中文系。毕业留校,饭碗有了,便开始寻觅精神食粮,苦苦地临帖、习字;又是十年,终于挤进南京艺术学院美术系深造,并取得了优异的成绩,真可谓自强不息了。近年,其作品连续在全国中青年书法展中获奖,算得是对他勤奋不已的追求精神的报 Zhang Xigeng was born the year before the “Great Leap Forward” in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province. In 1970, his parents died one after another, and from then on, he threw his brother’s family life at the age of thirteen. This is not a hard word, but as a farmer, more easily, the first question is of course how to survive. But when he studied while working, he still finished high school. After resuming the college entrance examination in 1977, he was admitted to the Chinese Department of Suzhou Teachers College. After graduating from school and having a job there, he began to search for food for the soul and painstakingly study and practice writing. After another ten years, he finally squeezed into the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Arts Institute and achieved excellent results. In recent years, his works have won prizes in the National Calligraphy Exhibition of young and middle-aged people in succession, counting as his diligent pursuit of spirits