22/12/2021
𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐤: 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐢𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 - 𝐀 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
https://www.paper-and-ink.hku.hk
Two thousand and seventeen noted the eighty-fifth anniversary of the University of Hong Kong’s Fung Ping Shan Library. Celebrated by sinologists, historians, librarians and those with even a passing interest in Chinese libraries as one of the world’s great East Asian Libraries, the University of Hong Kong takes great pride in its achievements, its history and its enormous contributions to East Asian scholarship and beyond.
To mark its history and achievements, the re-exhibition of the Paper and Ink: Ming and Qing Dynasty Manuscripts from the Jiayetang Collection, Fung Ping Shan Library, The University of Hong Kong and an accompanying online booklet are presented as an illustration of the depth and beauty of the collection as well as a celebratory reflection on the Library’s future. The online booklet is available at
https://lib.hku.hk/publications/paperandink.pdf
The twelve manuscripts on display have been selectively chosen to highlight the often hidden beauty that lies in such texts with their calligraphy and illustrations worked by hand with brush and ink. One can only be left in awe upon gazing at the manuscript of the Confucian classic Congshan Du Zhouyi (A Treatise on the Book of Changes), by Fang Shisun (Song) or Shuofu (A Collection of Random Sketches), by Tao Zongyi (Yuan), said to be a “world treasure” and made before the book itself was printed. The accompanying panels to these and the other manuscripts will assist your appreciation of what is to be found in this exhibition.
As we speed through this digital age, this exhibition provides us with an opportunity to pause and reflect, to marvel at what has preceded us and to ponder the bright future that lies ahead for the Fung Ping Shan Library as it hastens towards its centenary.
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