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FROM THE COLLECTION OF LUO JIALUN 羅家倫私人收藏 (LOTS 1-19)

Luo Jialun (1897-1969) wielded signifcant
infuence in the felds of politics and
education in 20th-century China, as well
as being an accomplished poet, author and
collector. He became active in politics during
his studies at Fudan School in Shanghai.
In 1917, while studying foreign literature
at Peking University, Luo Jialun advocated
literary reform and served as an editor of the
student periodical, The Renaissance. These
efforts culminated in his role as a student
leader in the May 4th Movement. He spent
several years abroad and studied in the
United States, London, Berlin, and Paris.
After Luo returned to China, he joined the
Nationalist government and was appointed
deputy head of instruction at the Central
Party Institute in Nanjing in 1927. He served
as president of 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 served as the Republic of China’s
ambassador to India from 1947 to 1949,
before returning to Taiwan and assuming
additional education related offcial duties.
Luo acquired an extensive collection of
Chinese paintings. His family later donated
part of his Classical Chinese paintings to
the National Palace Museum in Taipei, as
documented in the museum catalogue A
Collection of Chinese Paintings Donated by Ms.
Zhang Weizhen (wife of Luo Jialun).

羅家倫（1897-1969），字志希，筆名
毅。“五四運動”的命名者，近代著名的
教育家、思想家、社會活動家；早年求學
於復旦公學和北京大學；民國年間，擔
任國立中央大學、國立清華大學校長之
職。1928年，羅家倫就任清華大學校長，
發表題為“學術獨立與新清華”的就職演
說。清華大學在羅家倫手裡終於實現了男
女同校。南京大學今天的校訓“誠、樸、
雄、偉”，即為羅家倫所提出。1949年到
台，先後出任中華民國總統府國策顧問、
國民黨中央評議委員、國民黨史會主任委
員、中國筆會會長、考試院副院長、國史
館館長等職。羅家倫書畫收藏甚豐，其家
屬把古代書畫部分捐贈國立故宮博物館，
並出版《羅家倫夫人張維楨女史捐贈書畫
目錄》以為紀念。

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