Fonds SC76 - Calligraphy of ‘Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess’

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GB 891 SC76

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Calligraphy of ‘Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess’

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  • [19th century] (Création/Production)

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1 scroll

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Nom du producteur

Sir Harry Smith Parkes
(1828-1885)

Notice biographique

Sir Harry Smith Parkes was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to the Empire of Japan from 1865 to 1883 and the Chinese Qing Empire from 1883 to 1885, and Minister to Korea in 1884. He was a Corresponding Member of the Society from 1854, and later a Non-Resident Member. He was also for some time the President of the Asiatic Society of Japan.

A biography of Sir Harry Smith Parkes was included in the proceedings of the Anniversary General Meeting on 18 May 1855, published in JRAS, Volume 17, Issue 3, July 1885.

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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A reproduced rubbing of the calligraphy of the Chinese poem ‘Rhapsody on the Luo River Goddess’ (洛神賦), signed by the Qing scholar Hu Gaowang (1730?-1798) in 1766, mounted onto a hanging silk scroll. The scroll measures 35cm (w) x 91cm (h).

Inscribed ‘This is a great curiosity’ at the top of the back of the scroll. A note, containing a free translation of the poem in English, was originally rolled into the scroll but has now been separated and stored together. At the back of it is two notes stating: ‘Translated by Harry Parkes’ and ‘The original roll was taken in a Piratical Junk by H. M. S. Rattler in Namguan Harbor. May 1853.’ Both the inscription and the notes are signed ‘A. M.’.

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Open. Please contact the Archivist.

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Langue des documents

  • chinois
  • anglais

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    The translator Harry Parkes is presumably Sir Harry Smith Parkes, British consul in China.

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    gb891 sc76

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        Note de l'archiviste

        This item was catalogued by James Liu, RAS Archivist, in March 2026.

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