Chiang Kai-shek, with his calligraphy on a rock, Jinmen island

Title : Chiang Kai-shek, with his calligraphy on a rock, Jinmen island

Topic : Fu Bingchang collection

Location : Unknown

Estimated dates : 1952-1965

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Information data : University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: fu-s158. Text on the rock in the photograph: ‘民國四十一年元月’, ‘毋忘在莒’, ‘蔣中正’. This calligraphy by Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), etched on a rock on Jinmen Island (Kinmen), reads, 'Do not forget that you are in Jǔ' - an allusion to the Warring States Period, when the State of Qi, cornered into the City of Ju by the State of Yan, successfully counter-attacked and retook its territory. This is intended as an analogy to the situation between the Republic of China (ROC) and the People's Republic of China.

Private Repository : Collection of C. H. Foo and Y. W. Foo

Keywords : Fu;Foo;Generalissimo;Jinmen;Quemoy;ROC