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Each book is dedicated to the Yenching Library and carries its author's signature, which Cheng called its "real importance." The signatures elevate the value of the mostly paper-back books...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beijing Group Gives 500 Books to Yenching | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...were told that the donation of books to Harvard was the largest," said James K.M. Cheng, librarian of the Yenching Library...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beijing Group Gives 500 Books to Yenching | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...Cheng estimated the monetary value of the collection to be between $5,000 and $7,000. About two-thirds of the collection is paperback and one-third of it is hardcover, he said...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beijing Group Gives 500 Books to Yenching | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

Professor Tu Weiming, director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute, Professor Peter K. Bol, chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Professor of Chinese Literature Leo O. Lee, Nancy M. Cline, Larsen librarian of Harvard College, and Cheng represented Harvard at the ceremony...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beijing Group Gives 500 Books to Yenching | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

Members of the CWA of China said they felt honored to be at Harvard. Xiang Qian, one of the visiting delegates, wrote a message in the library guest book in Chinese. Cheng translated it as: "Harvard, I have been thinking of you all my life. I would like to dedicate whatever...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Beijing Group Gives 500 Books to Yenching | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

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