CHENG ZHEN JUN'S FAMILY HOME IN CENTRAL PEKING (1923-early 21st century) WHILE TEACHING AT PEKING UNIVERSITY (1917-1926)
CHENG ZHEN JUN'S FAMILY HOME IN CENTRAL PEKING WHILE TEACHING AT PEKING UNIVERSITY (1917-1926)
CHENG COURTYARD
程振鈞與北京「程家四合院」
CHENG COURTYARD
程振鈞與「程家四合院」
IN MEMORY OF CHENG ZHEN JUN & HIS PEKING COURTYARD
IN MEMORY OF CHENG ZHEN JUN‘S COURTYARD in central PEKING
府右街6號 程振鈞（弢甫,1888-1932）在北大任教第二階段時家院
府右街6號 程振鈞（弢甫,1888-1932）在北大任教第二階段時家院
府右街
在北京中南海西侧，有条南北走向的街，叫府右街。1913年，中南海成了窃国大盗袁世凯的总统府，遂命名中南海南门（新华门）外的一条街为府前街，中南海西侧的街则命名为府右街。这就是府右街的由来。府右街全长1673米，北起西安门大街，与文津街相连，南至西长安街，与大六部口相对。东临中南海，西与西小巷、东红门胡同、西椅子胡同、博学胡同、枣林大院、灵境胡同、太仆寺街和力学胡同相交。中南海西侧的红色围墙，有一半为明清皇城，即从灵境胡同东口,到府右街南口。再早灵境胡同东半截部分也是皇城，与今皇城根街相连。
府右街
在北京中南海西侧，有条南北走向的街，叫府右街。1913年，中南海成了窃国大盗袁世凯的总统府，遂命名中南海南门（新华门）外的一条街为府前街，中南海西侧的街则命名为府右街。这就是府右街的由来。府右街全长1673米，北起西安门大街，与文津街相连，南至西长安街，与大六部口相对。东临中南海，西与西小巷、东红门胡同、西椅子胡同、博学胡同、枣林大院、灵境胡同、太仆寺街和力学胡同相交。中南海西侧的红色围墙，有一半为明清皇城，即从灵境胡同东口,到府右街南口。再早灵境胡同东半截部分也是皇城，与今皇城根街相连。
Cheng Zhen Jun life story
Cheng Zhen Jun
1888-1932
In spring 1888, Cheng Zhen Jun was born in the ancient town of Wuyun, Anhui province, into the prestigious Cheng family known for its generations of Confucian scholars.
Cheng entered Anhui Higher College in Anqing in 1905 and was mentored by Yan Fu, China’s preeminent thinker and translator of Evolution and Ethics; Upon Graduation, Cheng went to UK in 1909 and studied Civil Engineering at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Cheng returned to China in 1916 upon the invitation of Cai Yuanpei. Cheng taught at Peking University for almost a decade, during which Cheng first lived at Fuyoujie #12 and then purchased Fuyoujie#6, a Courtyard made of 14 rooms, in 1923. He lived there with his wife Dan, Jingying, and his five Children, and his mother, who spent her 60th birthday there.
Cheng had to move to Huangzhou, Zhejiang Province, since he was appointed as the Minister of Development of Zhejiang Province. Cheng successfully founded and managed the West Lake Expo in 1929. In 1932, Cheng went to serve his home province as the Minister of Development of Anhui Province. Cheng had masterplanned the Hang Hui Highway since 1922. In summer of 1932, Cheng died of a hemorrhage during the fundraising for the Hui Huang Highway. Cheng’s effort to propel China onto the course of the modern age will be remembered forever.
In spring 1888, Cheng Zhen Jun was born in the ancient town of Wuyun, Anhui province, into the prestigious Cheng family known for its generations of Confucian scholars.
Cheng entered Anhui Higher College in Anqing in 1905 and was mentored by Yan Fu, China’s preeminent thinker and translator of Evolution and Ethics; Upon Graduation, Cheng went to UK in 1909 and studied Civil Engineering at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Cheng returned to China in 1916 upon the invitation of Cai Yuanpei. Cheng taught at Peking University for almost a decade, during which Cheng first lived at Fuyoujie #12 and then purchased Fuyoujie#6, a Courtyard made of 14 rooms, in 1923. He lived there with his wife Dan, Jingying, and his five Children, and his mother, who spent her 60th birthday there.
Cheng had to move to Huangzhou, Zhejiang Province, since he was appointed as the Minister of Development of Zhejiang Province. Cheng successfully founded and managed the West Lake Expo in 1929. In 1932, Cheng went to serve his home province as the Minister of Development of Anhui Province. Cheng had masterplanned the Hang Hui Highway since 1922. In summer of 1932, Cheng died of a hemorrhage during the fundraising for the Hui Huang Highway. Cheng’s effort to propel China onto the course of the modern age will be remembered forever.
程振鈞生平簡介
1888年程振鈞出生於安徽省婺源縣城儒商家庭
1905年程振鈞在安徽高等學堂親聆恩師嚴復《天演論》接受西方文明的啟蒙。
1909年程振鈞赴蘇格蘭格拉斯哥大學學習土木工程專業。
1917-1926年程振鈞歸國應蔡元培邀請在北大紅樓教育救國近十年。先住在府右街12號，後於1923年程振鈞購買府右街6號四合院，和妻子戴竸英及五個孩子，還有母親住與此，三世同堂。母親60大壽在此渡過；
1926年·前往杭州任浙江委員會委員和建設廳長和民政廳廳長
1929程振鈞成功籌辦西湖博覽會，奠基中國會展業。
1932程振鈞為籌劃修建杭徽公路以身殉職
程振鈞愛國奉獻的精神遺產永存！
A restoration of Cheng Courtyard on Paper
by Zheng Xi Cheng whose pen preserved the memory of Beijing
鄭希成畫筆重建北京四合院歷史記憶
Zheng Xi Cheng, a renowned artist and activist, spent his life preserving memories of the old Peking. Using his pen, he reconstructed many Beijing Courtyards before they were demolished on the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
鄭希成用一生的畫筆重建北京四合院歷史記憶功德無量
A restoration of Cheng Courtyard on Paper
by Zheng Xi Cheng whose pen preserved the memory of Beijing
Zheng Resurrects Cheng Courtyard with His Pen 鄭老復原程家四合院 Oct, 6th, 2015
Thank You, Warrior Zheng Xicheng
Zheng lived in a Nine-Twists Hutong within the second ring of Beijing, where many traditional courtyards had been dissected and occupied by many families before they were demolished on the eve of the Beijing Olympic Games 2008. I found Zheng at the end of a half-yard with multiple rooms. Zheng’s domain was a compact scholar’s studio with a Buddhist painting on the wall. Zheng showed me his published book “BEIJING OLD COURTYARDS,” where hundreds of Beijing Courtyards were reconstructed by his pen so meticulously before the bulldozers knocked them down. I was impressed by his painstaking effort to preserve many family homes on paper, answering countless emergency calls from strangers who begged him to come and rescue what was about to be lost.
It was an unforgettable week when I visited Mr. Zheng who rendered Cheng Courtyard based on the information from the Cheng Deed issued by the government of the Republic of China in 1923, which I collected from the Beijing Archive earlier in 2015. Cheng Courtyard now will forever stand thanks to the illustrative efforts of Zheng Xicheng. Zheng was a warrior, not with a sword, but with a pen. Thank you, Mr. Zheng!
J.J.Cheng
August 15th, 2024, Beijing, China
华新民，生與北京·四合院，是拥有中国、波兰、法国血统的散文作家，北京古城保护工作者。著作《为了不能失去的故乡》记录十年胡同保卫历程；编撰《华南圭选集》系统整理其祖父——近代土木工程专家华南圭的学术遗产。
丁艾， 生於北京四合院，創意媒體人，胡同保衛者。
Creative Genesis
PHOENIXA: The Nest, A Mystical Quest for the Cheng Legacy, the first volume of the PHOENIXA Saga, was created to commemorate Cheng Zhen Jun, modernizer of China and grandfather of the author. Cheng Zhen Jun’s life story was deeply woven with that of China at the turn of the 20th century, an era of a dramatic paradigm shift when war-worn China at the end of Qing dynasty was overthrown and a new Republic was established.
程一若用《鳳巢》小說紀念程家四合院
《鳳程》小說紀念程家四合院
The Flight 2027
The Return 2028
創作緣起
為紀念祖父程振鈞在二十世紀初為推動中國現代化進程創造性建設的功勳, 作家程一若，程振鈞第五子程哲生的女兒，經過近10年調研和三年疫情寫作終於 創作出中華尋根程脈溯源跨文化玄幻小說《鳳程》神話傳奇文學系列之一《鳳巢》2025。《鳳子》2026，《鳳飛》和《鳳歸》將在2027 和2028年問世。