On this day, 27 years ago, on May 27, 1998 (May 2, 1998, the famous calligraphy master Comrade Shu Tong passed away. Comrade Shu Tong, an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a former member of the Central Advisory Committee, and former vice president of the Academy of Military Sciences, a successor and pioneer of China's calligraphy industry, a founder of the China Calligraphers Association, a famous calligraphy master, honorary member of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and honorary chairman of the China Calligraphers Association, died unfortunately in Beijing at 8 a.m. on May 27, 1998 due to illness. He was 93 years old.