Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, to an eminent family.

Renowned artist, collector and connoisseur of classical Chinese painting and calligraphy; student of Gu Linshi顧麟士 (1865–1930) and Wu Hufan吳湖帆(1894–1968).

Born in Jiading.

Co-founded Chongqing Kunqu Club.

Born in Haining, Zhejiang.

Appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the director of Taiwan Central Library and the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and professor of literature at National Taiwan University.

Born in Liaoning, China.

Taught at Peking University and later National Taiwan University.

Philanthropist and pharmacologist.

Father of the Yu Muming郁慕明 (b. 1940), president of Taiwan New People Party; grandfather of the modern artist and curator Victoria Yung-Chih Lu陸蓉之 (1954-now).

Student of linguist Luo Changpei羅常培 (1899–1958) at Peking University.

Instructor of Chinese opera at National Taiwan University.

Born in Guangzhou.

Linguist specializing in the languages of Native Americans, Chinese, Tibetan, Sanskrit, etc.

Professor of University of Washington, Seattle, and University of Hawaii.

Native of Anhui.

Leader of the New Culture Movement and advocate of literary reform.

President of Peking University after WWII, and later head of Academia Sinica in 1957.

Born in Hubei, China.

Student of opera singer and composer Wu Mei吳梅 (1884–1939).

Taught Chinese opera in Taiwan Normal University.

Native of Suzhou.

Accomplished painter who founded the Suzhou Fine Art School.

Born in Taipei.

Independent curator who specializes in feminist art and contemporary Chinese art.

Married Fu C.Y. Shen, art historian and artist

Native of Taiwan.

China opera enthusiast who hosted a biweekly opera salon.

Born in Jiangsu.

Learned Kunqu Opera and traditional Chinese instruments from his father Xia Qisheng夏奇生.

Taught Chinese opera at Taiwan Normal University.

Born into distinguished scholarly family in Suzhou; descendent of Wang Ao 王鏊 (1450–1524).

Received classical education under tutelage of his father. From 1914 to 1924, his father, grandfather, two elder half-brothers and his younger nephew all died; at 17 he was sole surviving male member of his family.

Studied with Fan Haolin樊浩霖 (1885–1962), Gu Linshi 顧麟士 (1865–1930), and Wu Hufan吳湖帆 (1894–1968).

Met Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (ca. 1865–1949) through Wu Hufan, and acquired Pang’s extensive collection of classical paintings.

Appointed advisor on Chinese painting to the London Exhibition Committee; during three months in 1935-36, examined paintings from the Palace Museum to be exhibited in London.

Held solo exhibitions of his own paintings after 1970 and consolidated his reputation; gradual artistic evolution of his “modern” style.

Integration of Chinese and Western qualities in his work marked by clarity of compositional design and distinctive coloristic flair.