Feng Zikai and Paintings to Protect Life

Cartoonist and essayist who collaborated with Master Hong Yi on Paintings to Protect Life, advocating compassion and the protection of living creatures.

✍️ Veg.Pub EditorialPublished 2026-05-04👁 42 views

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Biography

Feng Zikai (1898–1975) was a celebrated modern Chinese cartoonist, essayist, and translator, beloved for his simple, warm-hearted style.

Paintings to Protect Life

Feng Zikai was a student of Master Hong Yi. To celebrate his teacher's birthday, the two collaborated on the renowned "Paintings to Protect Life" — Feng supplying the paintings and Hong Yi the calligraphy — a series of gentle images urging people to cherish life, refrain from killing, and protect living creatures.

Influence

"Paintings to Protect Life" turned a profound idea of compassion into everyday, accessible images, bringing the notion of protecting life into ordinary households.

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Source: 维基百科 · License: CC BY-SA 4.0