Dr Yan He

Today I discovered a 1903 brochure promoting @theUL’s Chinese collection. It bears the names Professor Wade and Giles, the first two Chinese professors and honorary curators, whose selfless efforts built and preserved our collection, reminding me why safeguarding books matters.

侨批是一份 #世界记忆 。 它是书信与汇款合一的华侨家书，盛行于潮汕等地，在19和20世纪被大规模使用。它既是维系亲情的纽带，也是中国历史的见证者。 #世界记忆 项目是教科文组织专门负责 #文献遗产 保护与传播的旗舰项目。《侨批档案-海外华侨银信》已列入世界记忆名录➡️unesco.org/zh/memory-world

@foreste36332569 前半段是我，后半段说的好像不是我，哈哈。

@YanHeCUL 国内的一个无名粉丝吧。记得在微博上看到您，现在美国一个大学图书馆里工作，后来换工作搬家到英国了。再后来，因为微博上一个无心的调侃的帖子被喝茶了，以及微博上的乌烟瘴气，卸载了。

循迹丁家立：《丁家立档案》 (The Papers of Charles Daniel Tenney at Dartmouth University Library) 背后的故事 by Julie Wang at SUNY Binghamton. not only illuminates the life and cross-cultural legacy of an influential educator in late Qing China….(1/2) mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yfgWky4FfUJA…

Individuals named with numbers are a common phenomenon in Chinese history, but the underlying reasons and meanings remain subject of debate. We invite you to explore these numerical names via our “Database of Names and Biographies” to discover more. newarchive.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/sncaccgi/sncac…

@foreste36332569 哇，多谢您的关注。请问您是？

@YanHeCUL 在这里遇到了何老师。几年前在微博上经常看您的帖子，后来卸载微博了，失去联系了。

but also demonstrates how librarians, through the recovery and interpretation of archival materials, bring forgotten histories back into scholarly and public consciousness. (2/2) Article link: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/yfgWky4FfUJA…

mp.weixin.qq.com/s/HsCfR_el8cvm… Dr @heatherinwood ‘s great piece 《我爷爷：75岁的叛逆者；我奶奶，75岁的女强人》 about her grandfather and grandmother, full of humor and joy, just published in my 公众号《康桥拾遗》. It was written 20 years ago but not outdated at all.

Anyone know what this flower is called? I ran into it after dinner today.

Imagine a 14th-century "universal" prayer The 1348 Stele of Sulaiman from #Dunhuang features the Buddhist mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" in 6 scripts: Sanskrit, Tibetan, Old Uyghur, 'Phags-pa, Tangut, & Chinese A stunning relic of Yuan Dynasty multiculturalism!

The “Liao-Chin-Yuan Rubbings” database features 2,200 items (dating 946–1382) of various scripts (Chinese, Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolian) with 1,800 having transcriptions. These valuable materials for medieval Chinese phonology and history are now available. dap.ihp.sinica.edu.tw/database/7/

Check out our 1792 copy of the Manchu-Mongolian-Chinese dictionary 三合便覽: Handwritten annotations in all three languages, in red & black ink, and punctuation added across all 12 volumes—Always inspiring to trace someone’s study of a full dictionary. #MarginaliaMonday #Sinology

“愿所有的悲伤， 都化成喜悦的力量； 就像你爱这世界， 你无尽的光芒。” 黄威老师纪念项楚（1940-2025）先生的文章以许巍《无尽光芒》为题头与结尾，情辞恳挚，读之令人动容。 mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LLJgN6lBNDbl…

My department at McGill is looking for a new Chinese instructor - see the ad here: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Careers… I believe there will be an even stronger than usual preference for Canadian citizens/permanent residents given the need for someone to start this fall

“Where the mind is without Fear & Head is held High…” #Celebrating Tagore, Our Civilization and Culture 🌆☀️🇮🇳 #Celebrating “The Thundering Dawn of India” (Tagore’s Chinese Name- Zhu Zhendan (竺震旦)) #LivingBridge Consul General @PratikMathur1 together with Shanghai #Bengali Adda, the oldest Bengali community organization on mainland China and @nyuniversity-Shanghai, co-hosted the 165th birth anniversary celebrations for Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at the sprawling university campus. ➡️ Addressing the well attended gathering which also included celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the South Asia Center establishment at the university under the aegis of noted Sinologist Prof. Tansen Sen, Consul General underlined the significance of Gurudev’s three visits to Shanghai in promoting people to people exchanges and promoting understanding and cooperation through greater educational exchanges, also promoted by Visva-Bharati University since Gurudev’s time. ➡️ The program culminated with an engaging cultural program showcasing the best of Rabindra Sangeet through themes of #Freedom and #Independence, a documentary film made by Shri Bivash Mukherjee from @shanghaidaily on “Tagore in Shanghai” in association with CGI, Shanghai and classic music performances on the songs of Satyajit Ray classic #Charulata based on the theme of #Freedom and #Mukti, highlighting the very best of #Bengal culture and arts, projecting the Indian cultural ethos of #VasudhaivaKutumbakam. ➡️ Noted Chinese tabla impresario Ms. Mandy Chen also participated, indicating the abiding global appeal of Indian arts and strength of #EkBharatShresthaBharat through a Bharatnatyam and Kathak fusion set to the lilting tunes of Rabindra Sangeet, performed by young students from the University, other noted institutions and schools from the region. 🎭 🎶 ➡️ On the occasion of first anniversary of #OperationSindoor, Consul General, on the behalf of Indian community and Friends of India present in the gathering, also recognized the brave heroes of 🇮🇳 armed forces who fearlessly took decisive action against the international scourge of terrorism, keeping India shining as a peerless beacon to “Let my Country Awake”, as dreamt by Gurudev Tagore. 🫡 ✨ @EOIBeijing @IndianDiplomacy @IndianDiplomats @diaspora_india

….. all such donations at the Cambridge University Library, where the books would stand for ever against the names of the donors, whose bounty would be duly acknowledged.” From “THE CHINESE LIBRARY AT CAMBRIDGE “ in 1909 by Professor H.A.Giles

Prof. H. A. Giles’ words are so true: “If any person who may read these lines should happen to possess Chinese books of any description, for which they have no use, and of which they would possibly be glad to be rid, I should like to add that there is a comfortable home awaiting

No, I didn’t know it. Thank you so much for sharing this.

This is my original English edition. During his time at Clare College in the late 1950s, Jonathan Spence was named editor of Varsity in his second year and also served as a co-editor of the literary magazine Granta. He initially studied English before turning to Chinese history.

In the Chinese edition of The Death of Woman Wang, the famous historian Jonathan Spence 史景遷 thanked librarians, and the first library he mentioned was Cambridge University Library. I wondered why, and Professor Roel Sterckx told us that Spence was an alumnus of Clare College.

Major news for the study of party history: a brand new chronology of Jiang Qing by Yu Ruxin, the author of an earlier two-volume study of the PLA during the Cultural Revolution. All published by @NewCenturyBaopu in Hong Kong.