Gleanings from the Jiaye Library: Rare Books of Ming and Qing Bibliophiles「嘉業片羽 ── 明清藏書家舊藏擷英」展覽
Tue, 06 Oct
|DIL
Date & Time
06 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm – 29 Nov 2026, 10:00 pm
DIL, Digital Interactive Lab, 2/F, Main Library, Pok Fu Lam Rd, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
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Gleanings from the Jiaye Library: Rare Books of Ming and Qing Bibliophiles
Date & Time
6 Oct 2026, 8:30 am – 29 Nov 2026, 5:00 pm
2/F, Main Library, The University of Hong Kong
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As a pioneer of modern university libraries in East Asia, the Fung Ping Shan Library at The University of Hong Kong holds a distinguished collection of rare books originating from renowned Ming and Qing dynasty private libraries. Foremost among these is the exceptional collection of printed editions and bound manuscripts formerly held by Liu Chenggan’s (1881–1963) Jiaye Library in Wuxing, which stands as one of Hong Kong’s most valuable collections of Chinese rare books. Encyclopaedic in scope, the Jiaye Library collection contains a precious, highly curated corpus of Song and Yuan dynasty editions that, though not exclusively unique titles, are paired with a spectacular array of hand-copied manuscripts. These manuscripts include rare, cherished items from…