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From: "Andrew Field" <adfield@BU.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: Who was Ly Hoi Sang (aka Ly Yu Sang)?


> H-ASIA
> Jan 22 2013
>
> Who was Ly Hoi Sang (aka Ly Yu Sang)?
> ***********************************************
> From: R. Stevenson Upton 77 <R.Stevenson.Upton.77@alum.dartmouth.org>
>
> I would welcome hearing from any H-ASIA participants who can provide any
> information regarding Ly Hoi Sang other than what is set forth below.
>
> Ly is said to have been born in 1870. He contributed a preface for the
> book
> _The Wisdom of the Chinese: Their Philosophy in Sayings and Proverbs_,
> edited by Brian Brown (New York: Brentano's), which reportedly first was
> published ca.1920.
>
> The book Sparrow: the Chinese game called ma-ch'iau; a descriptive and
> explanatory story, by Ly Yu Sang [probably the same person as Ly Hoi Sang]
> was published at New York by The Long Sang Ti Chinese Curios Co., Inc.,
> reportedly ca. 1923. The game, more commonly known as mah jongg or
> mahjong,
> was one of the early 1920s fads in the U.S.
>
> Ly's name appeared on the catalogue (Chinese works of art...sold by order
> of Mr. Ly Hoi-sang) of an October 1926 auction conducted at New York by
> Mr.
> O. Bernet and Mr. H. H. Parke, American Art Association, Inc., managers.
>
> In 1927 the following work appeared: Book of Everlasting Gifts from
> Ancient
> Sages, by Ly Hoi Sang and Richard Alexander, published at New York by Long
> Sang Ti Chinese Curios Co. (which also had published the aforementioned
> book about mah jongg).
>
> The book The Story of Confucius, edited by Brian Brown, with an
> introduction by Ly Yu Sang (Philadelphia: David Mackay Co.) reportedly was
> published ca. 1927. Editor Brian Brown presumably was the same person as
> the editor of the book The Wisdom of the Chinese, to which Ly Hoi Sang had
> contributed a preface.
>
> In 1928 came this book: Illustrious Prime Ministers of China: Their
> Ancient
> Manners Customs and Philosophies / A Symphony of the Spheres, by Ly Hoi
> Sang and Richard Alexander (New York: Manger, Hughes & Manger), an
> attractively bound limited edition with illustrations of what were said to
> be monotone reproductions of color paintings on silk from the collection
> of
> Horatio Seymour Rubens (Rubens indeed was a collector of Chinese art).
>
> I have seen an example of the Illustrious Prime Ministers book which was
> inscribed as follows by Ly: [To my great American friend Mrs. H. O.
> Havemeyer Who has such deep interest in ancient Chinese art, and also
> truly
> love for the classical works. Very truly yours, Ly Hoisang New York
> October
> 13d 1928.] Mrs. Havemeyer and her husband (a sugar industry magnate who
> died in 1907) were world-renowned art collectors. Their extraordinary
> collection of Impressionist works of art is now in, and is one of major
> attractions of, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
>
> Upon glancing through the Illustrious Prime Ministers book, I've noticed
> that although it is purportedly a presentation of early Chinese philosophy
> and culture, it does not include very much accurate information on that
> topic, and instead is saturated with non-Chinese mystical/occult
> ramblings.
> Co-author Richard Alexander was described in the book as the Secretary of
> the Philosophers Library, New York.
>
> Any further details about Ly Hoi Sang (probably also known as Ly Yu Sang)
> will be much appreciated.
> Steve Upton/ ILEAD
> rsu77@alum.dartmouth.org
>
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