WANG JINGWEI (1883-1944)
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Wang Jingwei remains one of the most fascinating and complex political and literary figures in modern Chinese history. As a revolutionary, Wang played an important role in the fall of the Qing dynasty and called for democratic and social reforms during the 1920s and the 1930s, before becoming a leader of the Peace Movement during the Second Sino-Japanese War. An accomplished calligrapher, poet, writer and friend to many artists, Wang is also well-known for his collection of poetry, titled Shuangzhaolou shicigao, including Xiaoxiuji (A Little Rest) and Saoyeji (Brush Leaves) collections. A selection of poems and translation has been published in Poems of Wang Ching-wei (London, Allen & Unwin, 1938).

WANG JINGWEI (1883-1944)

Poem from Shuangzhaolou - As Nightfall Approaches

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WANG JINGWEI (1883-1944)
Poem from Shuangzhaolou - As Nightfall Approaches
Scroll, mounted and framed, ink on paper
120 x 35.5 cm. (47 ¼ x 14 in.)
Inscribed and signed, with one seal of the artist
Dedicated to Huizhi (Zhu Huizhi)

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The work is dedicated to Zhu Huizhi, the wife of Wang Jingwei’s nephew Wang Zongzhun, and sister of Zhu