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FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF LUO JIALUN 羅家倫私人珍藏 (LOTS 870-877)

Luo Jialun (1897-1969) wielded significant
influence in politics and education in 20th-century
China, as well as being an accomplished poet,
author, and collector. In 1917, while studying
foreign literature at Beijing University, Luo
advocated literary reforms as an editor of the
student periodical The Renaissance. Later he
became a student leader in the May 4th Movement.
Luo studied further in the United States, London,
Berlin, and Paris and upon his return to China in
1927, he joined the Nationalist government and
was appointed Deputy Head of Instruction at the
Central Party Institute in Nanjing. Luo 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.

羅家倫(字志希)是中國二十世紀影響深遠的政治
家和教育家，亦是著名詩人、作家和收藏家。
1917年羅家倫在北京大學研讀外國文學，擔任學
生刊物《新潮》的編輯，提倡文學改革；及後成
為五四運動中的學生領袖。畢業後到美國、倫
敦、柏林和巴黎深造。1926年回國後，羅氏先後
擔任中央政治學校、清華大學及中央大學之行政
職務。抗戰初期，他領導南京中央大學安全轉移
至重慶。1947-1949年間，擔任中華民國駐印度
大使。1949年定居台灣，專注編纂國民黨黨史及
中國近代史研究。
870

870
WITH SIGNATURE OF CAO ZHIBAI (17TH CENTURY) 題識： 日弄霜毫遠是非，荊關咫尺世情違。
Hill Along the Riverbank 寒雲時向青山抹，野老遙從白社歸。
幾處夕陽峰背紫，一邨流水石邊飛。
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
47.6 x 35.1 cm. (18 Æ x 13 √ in.) 知君天府歸來後，閒把丹青玩翠微。
Inscribed with a poem and signed, with one seal of the artist 貞素寫賜，六良賢侯。
Six collector’s seals 鈐印：雲西老人
Titleslip inscribed by Rong Teng Studio, with one seal 藏印： 王世德珍藏記、清森閣書畫印、天水秦氏子孫保之、
HK$200,000-300,000 US$26,000-39,000 子孫世寶、濟之、震澤山房
簽條題識：曹知白畫山水真跡，容滕齋珍玩。
鈐印一方
清 曹知白（款） 江岸望山圖 水墨紙本 立軸

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