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PREVIOUSLY IN THE COLLECTION OF WANG JINGWEI (LOTS 1293-1295)Wang Jingwei remains one of the most fascinating and complex political and literary figures in modern Chinese history. As a revolutionary, Wang played an important role in the fall of the Qing dynasty and called for democratic and social reforms during the 1920s and the 1930s, before becoming a leader of the Peace Movement during the Second Sino-Japanese War. An accomplished calligrapher, poet, writer and friend to many artists, Wang is also well-known for his collection of poetry, titled Shuangzhaolou shicigao, including Xiaoxiuji (A Little Rest) and Saoyeji (Brush Leaves) collections. A selection of poems and translation has been published in Poems of Wang Ching-wei (London, Allen & Unwin, 1938).

WANG JINGWEI (1883-1944)

Poems of Shuangzhaolou

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WANG JINGWEI (1883-1944)
Poems of Shuangzhaolou
Album of six leaves, ink on paper
Each leaf measures 30 x 41.5 cm. (11 ¾ x 16 3/8 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with a total of eleven seals
Dated January, twenty-sixth year (of the Republic, 1937)
Dedicated to Xiufeng (He Xiufeng) and Madame Lingshuang (Li Lingshuang)
One collector’s seal of He Xiufeng

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The album is dedicated to Li Lingshuang and He Xiufeng, the parents of Wang’s son-in-law Ho Mang Hang. He Xiufeng was a known seal carver and collector from Guangdong. Li Lishuang was also the sister of the revolutionary Li Peishu, who first introduced He and Li to Wang Jingwei and Chen Bijun. The album’s copy is included in the series of “Wang Jingwei and Modern China”, which can be found in “Wang Jingwei: His Life, Ideas and Beliefs” and “Wang Jingwei Nanshe Poetry”.

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