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...career as a financial administrator into a fortune that made him, by some accounts, the richest man in the world; Eldest Daughter Ai-ling came to power behind the scenes by marrying H.H. Kung, a fabulously rich lineal descendant of Confucius; Middle Daughter Ching-ling wed Dr. Sun Yat-sen, godfather of the Chinese Revolution, and eventually became a Vice Chairman of Mao's People's Republic; Youngest Daughter May-ling became Mme. Chiang Kaishek, First Lady of the Republic of China...
Below all, Seagrave's bright irreverence in portraying Sun Yat-sen as a character from opera bouffe and Chiang as an "ill-tempered bravo" almost contradicts the charges of Machiavellian villainy he wishes to press. The Soong Dynasty brings much pungent material to light; in the end, however, it works less well as an argument with history than as a crackling, made-for-TV story unraveled with fluency and flair. --By Pico Iyer
Jeffrey Horrell, associate librarian of Harvard College for collections, said he was happy to see the Hilles collection go to Sun Yat-Sen, both because of the university’s stature and because it would value the books...
According to a Harvard College Library press release, Sun Yat-Sen is one of China’s “pre-eminent” universities. Its library has been designated as one of seven repositories in the country for documents of higher education...
...Yat-Sen library has “quite a good collection, but it is weak in the western language area,” according to Brainard...