年前初夏,丁吉甫老师抱病回到了阔别多年的故乡,与在南通工作的校友们亲切相见,老人的心情特别高兴。竟不料那次相见终成永诀!如今,面对“上下求索”四个令人感奋的字迹(丁老于去年十二月二十七日临终当日的最后遗墨),心情无限沉痛。丁老是位受人尊敬的书画篆刻家。他的一生,是贯穿着求索进取精神的一生,也是个人利益服从党和人民的利益,人品与艺品并重的一生。他自幼与书画金石结缘,早在 In the early summer of last year, Ding Ji-fu’s teacher was ill and returned to his hometown after many years of absence. He met with alumni who work in Nantong and was particularly pleased. But unexpectedly, the meeting finally turned into a permanent tactic! Nowadays, in the face of the four exciting handwriting of “Looking Up and Down” (Ding Lao’s last ink left on the dying day of December 27 last year), the mood is boundlessly painful. Ding is a venerable painting and calligraphy seal. His life is a life spanning through the search for an enterprising spirit and a lifetime in which both individual interests follow the interests of the party and the people and equal emphasis on character and art. He grew up with the world of painting and calligraphy, as early as