
More documents collected and produced by RvG about Donggao 東皋 are available @UniLeiden @AsianLibraryNL in the archive donated by the family.
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Marc Gilbert
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Curator of Chinese Special Collections, Leiden University Libraries























This picture-writing system was used by several tribes in China's Yunnan province in the 19th century, later named Naxi people. Duncan Poupard @CUHKofficial wrote this #SpecialCollectionsBlog about some remarkable #Naxi manuscripts in @AsianLibraryNL: ➡️edu.nl/nrkx7

The business cards(ming tie名帖 or ming ci名刺) of Qing officials and gentry. Apparently Prince Gong 恭亲王 deserves the largest (16 x 29 cm)!The 2nd is that of high official Wenxiang 文祥(24.7X12cm). The cards of 恭亲王and天津知县黄仲畬 are handwritten, the others are printed.













