Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark Quotes

Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark , brother of Wilfrid Le Gros Clark, was a translator of Su Shi from Chinese into English, and Chief Secretary of Sarawak. After marrying Averil Mackenzie-Grieve in 1925. In preparation for his Secretaryship he spent from 1925 to 1927 on Gulangyu Island, at the time an extraterritorial International Settlement in order to learn Hokkien language and culture. At the end of 1931 his "Selections from the Works Su Tung-t'o" was published. The book was decorated by wood engravings of his wife. The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer praised the translation for its "gracefully natural prose."On 31 March 1941 he announced the decision of the Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Vyner Brooke, to introduce a democratic constitution.

After the Japanese invasion of Sarawak in December 1941 Le Gros Clark was captured and held in Batu Lintang camp. From July 1942 until 14 November 1944 he served as the camp master. He was executed two months before the end of World War II. Wikipedia  

✵ 1894 – 6. July 1945
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Cyril Drummond Le Gros Clark Quotes

“To the spirit of the New China this book is dedicated in the sure belief that her future greatness lies in the knowledge and emulation of her ancient and immortal arts.”

Selections from the Works of Su-Tung-P'o (1931), as quoted in The Illustrated London News, Vol. 180 (1932), ed. 1, p. 254

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