1 letter from Fong Shu Chuen [Fang Shuzhong 方樹眾] and Fong Yun Wah to Joseph Needham, 1983-08-03 - 1983-08-05
Scope and Contents
Both Fong Shu Chuen and Fong Yun Wah wrote on a letter with the heading Fong Shu Fook Tong Foundation Fund Ltd. [Fang shu fu tang ji jin you xian gong si 方樹福堂基金有限公司] and Shepherd Publishing Company Ltd. [Shu fu wen hua shi ye you xian gong si 樹福文化事業有限公司]. The letter congratulates Joseph Needham on his honorary Doctorate of Physics. A letter written in Chinese from She Yeyu [舍也愚] 'Written to my friends' concerns mathematics, the fascinating nature of numbers, with many abstract concepts culminating in a quotation from Laozi, Hong Kong, dated 3 Aug 1983. The seal affixed to both the English letter and the Chinese letter has the seal of Y. W. Fong [Fang Runhua 方潤華].
Dates
- Creation: 1983-08-03 - 1983-08-05
Extent
2 item(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2019-11-12 08:37:42+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository
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