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PREVIOUSLY IN THE COLLECTION OF LUO JIALUN ⟕і⧃ⳉ (LOT 947)
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Luo Jialun (1897-1969) wielded significant influence in politics and ⧲།ٳ卿ໃሂႱ卿ԋஇՀࢦӽ⡕ᆴ㮮᳅㙭⎏ᘟᯎ།কᘰ⫙།卿Քᛓ
education in 20th-century China, as well as being an accomplished poet, ⶬल⎏㉼՞Ǯה།কᘘ⻦།ǯჺஙӳᱡᇟ᚛ݩໝ᭯ໝឆ㧿卿Ⴁῂ
author, and collector. He became active in politics during his studies ㄌᙻᘟᯎǯ ჺ卿⧲།ٳங࢈ഌໝⒺ㍡ംஇᙔໝ卿ᗇໝ⊂ߒ
at Fudan School in Shanghai. In 1917, while studying foreign literature ⁒ǶᙲᷲǷ⎏⤔㖩卿ᓽ٪ᙔໝᘛ㬺卿Ն୨㙛࡚ԋӬलໝ⊂㯅ㄤǯ⊳
at Beijing University, Luo Jialun advocated literary reforms as an editor ᥉ᇌߪ⧻இǮٳᘹǮ᠊៣কႣ㿰᳅㙁ݪჺǯ ჺ୪இᇌ卿⧲།ٳ
of the student periodical The Renaissance. These efforts culminated in
ݎᇌᗇԋഒᘟᯎໝᡉǮ᳖ⵖഌໝࣿԋഒഌໝӲٖᘰ⫙リᘟ⪰࡞厎
his role as a student leader in the May 4th Movement. He spent several
ᐘᏇߝឆ卿ձ㯅ཌྷࢶԋഒഌໝ卿ݥ㖿☭⯍㞒ጻ卿ձᙻ ჺ㗧
years abroad and studied in the United States, London, Berlin, and Paris.
ԋഌᡉ㧩⪰࡞ǯ ჺ㧿卿ᗇԋⵖᭆஇ㳈ࣇᄟഌײǯ
After Luo returned to China he joined the Nationalist government and
ჺझề卿ཇ⤔⦕இᭆ䀅䀅ट卿ࣿԋஇ㘆ջटⒺ♾ǯ
was appointed deputy head of instruction at the Central Party Institute
in Nanjing in 1927. He served as president of the Tsinghua University
between 1928 and 1930. In 1932, he was appointed president of National
Central University in Nanjing, serving until 1941. During this time he led
the University to safety in Chongqing in the midst of the Sino-Japanese
war. Luo Jialun served as the Republic of China’s ambassador to India
from 1947-1949, before he returned to Taiwan and assumed additional
education-related official duties.
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