Wang Ch’ung-hui (1881-1958), was one of the important figures in the founding of the Republic of China, a family friend of the Father of the Republic Dr. Sun Yat-sen (國父孫中山先生) and a constitutional and legal authority in early Republican era. His tzu was Liang-ch’ou (亮疇), a native of Tungkuan, Kwangtung province, but born in Hong Kong. His father Yü-ch’u (煜初) was a minister of the Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod, his grandfather Yüan-shen (元深) was a preacher of the Chinese Rhenish Church as well.
一九一二年中華民國建國,迄今一百零四年。一九四五年抗日戰爭勝利,迄今七十年。考兩大史事,檢閱其間三十四季春秋,可洞窺人性本原,思潮灌流,人事機運,社稷昇沉。融會解悟,足以啟導前程,臨險阻而不亂,墮絕域而不怯,大漠識途。
廢興存亡豈有預定!本無天道,惟盡人事。虐政強寇何日終結?待仁人志士奮起一戰!仁人志士稀若晨星,國難固不能移;仁人志士風雲際會,虐政即亡,強寇速敗,縱百萬鐵甲相持,寡能敵眾,弱能勝強,天地可迴!
人原多求私利而已,全己苟活,損己莫為。利之所驅,阿諛權勢,獻媚獨夫,甘作惡奴,自沾自喜。蒼生之劫,不睹不憫,廟堂之賊,奉逆稱父。
One day, I wrote a withdrawal slip for seven hundred dollars to take money from a bank. By banking rule, the character seven 七 should be written as the formal character seven柒.
Professor Ch’ien Mu, tzu Pin-ssu, was born in the 21st year of the Kuang-hsü reign (1895), he passed away in the 79th year of the Republic (1990), aged ninety six. This year is the 30th death anniversary of Professor Ch’ien, I wrote this special article in his memory.
In the Studio of Prunus Ode, there is a volume of The League of London, it is the personal copy of the author H. R. Madol. Thirty eight representatives and heads of states of the Allies in the Second World War signed and inscribed the inner pages. The book was published in 1942, in the middle of the war.