Liang, Qichao to Chou Kuo Hsien, 1918-12-16
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Accompanying a letter from Martin C. Wilbur and C. M. Chang (張純明) regarding the context of the handwritten letter by Liang Qichao (梁啟超).
"The letter was written on the 16th of December 1918 on the eve of Liang's departure for Europe as an unofficial observer at the Paris Peace Conference. He was accompanyied by a group of scholars who were to help to gather materials in relation to the conditions in post-war Europe.
The letter was addressed to Mr. Chou Kuo Hsien (周國賢), his son-in-law who was then China's Counsul General at Rangoon, Burma. Hsi Che () was Chou's friendly name. Liang addressed his son-in-law as Younger Brother. This was the traditional way of addressing one's juniors in old China, a tradition no longer followed and indeed a few people now know such a tradition ever existed. Ling Hsien was Liang's eldest daughter and Chou's wife.
In this letter Liang asked his son-in-law to solicit contributions from overseas Chinese for the library which he had established in Shanghai in honor of Ts'ai O, also known as Ts'ai Sung-po (蔡松坡), who was one of the leading generals responsible for the downfall of Yuan Shi-k'kai.
Also see Chinese article and translation by Guo Shuanglin (郭双林) about the letter: https://epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/html/2010-10/12/nw.D110000gmrb_20101012_1-12.htm
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