Joseph Needham : Letter from Joseph Needham to Dorothy Needham, 26 June 1952

Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995

Joseph Needham

<p style='text-align: justify;'>This letter belongs to a collection of letters from Joseph Needham to Dorothy Needham while he was a member of the International Commission on Bacteriological Warfare in China and Korea in 1952. Written from the Peking Hotel, it describes meetings, meals with friends and trips to the market and opera in the city. Includes a dinner invitation in Chinese characters from Kuo Mo-jo [Guo Moruo 郭沫若] for 6th month, 22nd day, Monday afternoon, 7.30 at the Beijing Hotel. The letter mentions Rewi Alley, Wu Yo-hsun [Wu Youxun 吴有训], Liang Ssu-Chheng [Liang Sicheng 梁思成], Chu Kho-Chen [Zhu Kezhen 竺可楨], Chi Chhao-Ting [Ji Chaoding 冀朝鼎], Tshao Jih-Chhang [Cao Richang 曹日昌], Chang Hsi-jo (Zhang Xiruo 張奚若), Lo Lung-chi [Luo Longji 羅隆基], Fei Hsiao-Tung [Fei Xiaotong 費孝通], Chou Phei-Yuan [Zhou Peiyuan 周培源], Wang Ying-lai [Wang Yinglai 王應睐], Chu Hung-fu [Zhu Hongfu 朱弘复], and Liu Hsien-chou [Liu Xianzhou 劉仙洲]</p>