• Chen Bi fugao (Funeral notice of Chen Bi)
    陳璧訃告

Publisher:
  • [China : Chen shi , 1928]
  • [China : 陳氏 , 1928]
Extent:
  • 6 pieces ; in box 53 x 43 x 4 cm.
Format:
Description:
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Original Gest Oriental Library collection.
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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Curator's notes:

  • Chinese
    China, 1928, paper

    This visually striking obituary is an example of a rarely preserved piece of ephemera. Its preservation is due to links between I.V. Gillis, buyer for the Gest Chinese Collection, and Chen Baochen, tutor of the last Emperor of China, from whom Gillis acquired the collection’s first books. When Chen Baochen’s younger clan relation Chen Bi passed away in 1928, this obituary was sent to Gillis. The two Chens were important to education in China: together they founded schools that taught using a modern curriculum.

    Gest Collection, DS764.23.C442 1928

    For further reading

    Baidu baike 百度百科. “Chen Bi 陈璧.” Accessed May 20, 2025. https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%99%B3%E7%92%A7/17310

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