Chinese language

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Dr. Chang Chuen is a scholar in Chinese history, and his expertise is in the history of Sui and Tang dynasties (隋唐史). In the Chang Chuen Papers, the majority of the documents are on Chinese history, and the rest are related to arts, culture, Chinese language and literature, geography, travel, philosophy and religion. The Papers are chiefly in Chinese, only a few materials are in Arabic, English and Japanese.

Scope and Contents The papers consist of 15 personal correspondences dated from 1972 to 1975, written by Dott. Lin Nien Tung to his friend, Mr. Li Hoo Cheong (李浩昌) who is a film critic, Japanese film expert and librarian in Hong Kong. Dott. Lin was first addressing Mr. Li by his pseudonym 舒明 and later sometimes by his real name 浩昌 (Hoo Cheong).Dott. Lin wrote about his daily life and his study in Italy during 1972-1975. He shared his views on arts and culture regarding exhibitions, movies,...

Scope and Contents The Tse-tsung Chow (周策縱) Papers provide a broad overview of Prof. Chow’s career and achievements as a renowned scholar, teacher, poet and writer. The Papers contain abundant correspondence from his friends and students, scholars, and different publishers discussing with him on various subject matters such as personal business, research work, poetry, conferences, and other work activities. The majority of the manuscripts of essays and poems as well as photocopies of articles on poetry,...

Scope and Contents The Papers mainly consist of materials written by or related to Prof. Tse-tsung Chow (周策縱). These materials, collected by Prof. Wong Yoon-wah, include Prof. Chow’s poems for book publication, his correspondence, calligraphies, essays and photographs as well as some assignments and notes of which the majority was written by Prof. Wong.Prof. Wong and his wife, Dan Ying were Prof. Chow’s students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. They had established a very close...