Marc Gilbert
@M__Gilbert
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Curator of Chinese Special Collections, Leiden University Libraries
Joined June 2017
More documents collected and produced by RvG about Donggao 東皋 are available @UniLeiden @AsianLibraryNL in the archive donated by the family.
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An unpublished article written in 1941 by #RobertvanGulik to be read this week in T’oung-pao (Volume 110: Issue 3-4, DOI: https://t.co/iX2H4mI51q): The Life and Works of the Monk Donggao, a Chinese Chan Master in Japan.
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This letter is currently exhibited at the National Museum of Taiwan Literature in Tainan (with which Leiden University Libraries signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2023): Layers of Literature, City of Stories: Traversing 400 years of Literary History https://t.co/0q11HtpVD2
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On the first section is a large red seal: “ Field Marshal of the Punitive Expedition” (招討大將軍印), the title conferred on Coxinga in 1646 by the Southern Ming.
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This two-volume 'Miao album' depicts non-Han ethnic groups living in the Chinese Yunnan Province. The drawings reveal how officials viewed ethnic minorities in the Qing Empire. Qinxin He @leidenhum wrote a #SpecialCollectionsBlog about the albums: ➡️ https://t.co/Jkix2gkz1a
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A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Thursday by Nikky Lin from the National Museum of #Taiwan Literature and @marcodeniet from @UBLeiden. In the future, we plan to cooperate and exchange knowledge with regards to literature in the Netherlands and Taiwan.
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More than 30.000 pages of additional Chinese unofficial poetry has now been made available in the @ubleiden @UniLeiden #DigitalCollections! Octogenarian underground poets, political language turned on its head, and more: ➡️ https://t.co/JW1G0awqlI
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More on #Naxi culture with exhibition co-organised with Beijing Association of Dongba Culture and Arts https://t.co/9yDT5HVCbR, 2 documentaries: The Return of Dongba Manuscripts https://t.co/7lt7P8X4bw, Traditional Naxi Papermaking and the Culture it... https://t.co/jX1TSVMM01.
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Sweet: in 2021 we worked with students on a translation and blog of a Ming edict addressed to Zhao Fan and acquired by @M__Gilbert @AsianLibraryNL - we just received a picture from Zhangpu where Zhao Fan's tomb stele was dug up in 2019 https://t.co/7NTCWQiecA
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De familie van diplomaat, sinoloog en schrijver Robert van Gulik heeft zijn archief en een deel van zijn collectie aan de @UniLeiden @AsianLibraryNL geschonken en het Robert van Gulik Fonds ingesteld @LUF_Leiden. Dank voor deze fantastische schenking! ➡️ https://t.co/8SfMMuDRtm
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The final pages of this beautiful manuscript hold an account of an extraordinary journey: Magellan's first voyage around the globe. Last week, VLF 41 was granted #WorldHeritage status with an inscription in @UNESCO #MemoryOfTheWorld register. Learn more: ➡️ https://t.co/77YOwVhhTV
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The 33 #Naxi manuscripts in @AsianLibraryNL have been described thanks to the hard work of the Beijing Association of Dongba Culture and Arts (ADCA). They are available in our digital collection:
This picture-writing system was used by several tribes in China's Yunnan province in the 19th century, later named Naxi people. Duncan Poupard @CUHKofficial wrote this #SpecialCollectionsBlog about some remarkable #Naxi manuscripts in @AsianLibraryNL: ➡️ https://t.co/8Kkih4vx2P
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From the De Grijs collection, @ubleiden , names of delegates at the Dutch-Chinese Treaty of Tianjin (1863), BPL 1782:24F (1-8). Koos Kuiper tells the story of the negotiations in Voyage of Discovery
The business cards(ming tie名帖 or ming ci名刺) of Qing officials and gentry. Apparently Prince Gong 恭亲王 deserves the largest (16 x 29 cm)!The 2nd is that of high official Wenxiang 文祥(24.7X12cm). The cards of 恭亲王and天津知县黄仲畬 are handwritten, the others are printed.
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The Shengjing weichang quantu 盛京圍場全圖, or the “Complete illustrations of the Shengjing hunting grounds” 📌 A post from Colligere in English, the blog of the libraries and archives of Collège de France. 👉 https://t.co/PIQDLv5f4G
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This unique copy of the Yuan dynasty play: 'Record of the Celestial Book', a Warring States era story of betrayal and revenge, is held in the @AsianLibraryNL Van Gulik Collection. Prof. Wilt Idema wrote this #SpecialCollectionsBlog about the volume: ➡️ https://t.co/bupLgDzIGK
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Spoiler Alert! A selection of 150 new items from @ubleiden collection of Chinese unofficial poetry journals is in the making: individual collections, 今天丛书, 象罔, 剃须刀, 屏风, 橡皮, 新工人文学, 野草诗选 and many other gems soon available in #DigitalCollections #leidenunpo
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Freud & China Though Sigmund Freud's passion for collecting antiquities is well-known, his Chinese collection is often overlooked. On 11 Nov @CraigClunas of @UniofOxford discusses & contextualises his collection. @ACPA_leiden @VVAK_nl @AsianLibraryNL ⬇️ https://t.co/psVZl8HqsL
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A moving portrait by director Jian Yi on Lu Liang, miner-turned-musician, at #Picun #MigrantWorkersHome, a Chinese NGO working on labor rights through cultural education. In 2002, the NGO established the New Workers’ Arts Troupe. Video now hosted @ubleiden
https://t.co/kCmhPnlWrE
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We are very lucky @VVAK_nl and @LeidenHum that @CraigClunas is coming to Leiden, asking whether Great Ming is a dynasty, and lecturing on Freud. Come join us! free and open to all, but please register.
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