Abstract
This paper is based on the Fu Ssu-nien archives, on archives held at the Institute of History and Philology, and on certain materials provided by contemporaries. It discusses how Chu-yen wooden strips discovered in the 1930s were sent from Hong Kong to the United States, and later to Taiwan. These materials clearly demonstrate that at the time, the Chu-yen wooden strips were shipped from Peking to Hong Kong, and then from Hong Kong to the United States, in order to save them from the ravages of war and to preserve them. On August 4, 1940, the Chu-yen wooden strips were sent from Hong Kong to the United States by Fu Ssu-nien, with Hu Shih taking responsibility for their safety in the United States. A receipt given to Hu Shih by the Library of Congress clearly indicates that the Chu-yen wooden strips were stored in the United States, and refutes the popularly held belief that they were given to the United States as collateral. Based on the testimony of and materials provided by an individual who supervised the transportation of the Chu-yen wooden strips to Taiwan, this article also relates how these wooden strips were stored in the United States and transported to the Institute of History and Philology in Nankang, Taiwan in 1965. This year being the hundredth anniversary of Fu Ssu-nien's birth, this article has been specially written to commemorate his contribution to the preservation of cultural artifacts.
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