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拍品專文
Liu Xuexun (1855–1935) was a native of Sanxiang, Xiangshan (now Zhongshan), Guangdong. He was the proprietor of the estate known as Shui Zhu Ju (commonly called Liu Manor).
From late Qing dynasty to early Republic period, Liu’s career traversed the political and commercial worlds in a series of remarkable phases: entering officialdom via the imperial examinations, amassing a fortune through gambling operation, funding Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary endeavors, and culminating in the construction of the Liu Manor—a testament to his ambition. His life, deeply entangled in epochal transformations and power struggles, has led modern scholars to regard him as one of the most complex political-business figures. By 1900, his personal fortune had reached the equivalent to roughly ten percent of the national revenue at the time. The present-day West Lake State House in Hangzhou occupies the site of his former estate.
This lot is accompanied by A Century of Liu Manor: The Legendary Life of the Unconventional Tycoon Liu Xuexun and the Transformation of an Estate, Shanxi, 1998, for reference.
From late Qing dynasty to early Republic period, Liu’s career traversed the political and commercial worlds in a series of remarkable phases: entering officialdom via the imperial examinations, amassing a fortune through gambling operation, funding Sun Yat-sen’s revolutionary endeavors, and culminating in the construction of the Liu Manor—a testament to his ambition. His life, deeply entangled in epochal transformations and power struggles, has led modern scholars to regard him as one of the most complex political-business figures. By 1900, his personal fortune had reached the equivalent to roughly ten percent of the national revenue at the time. The present-day West Lake State House in Hangzhou occupies the site of his former estate.
This lot is accompanied by A Century of Liu Manor: The Legendary Life of the Unconventional Tycoon Liu Xuexun and the Transformation of an Estate, Shanxi, 1998, for reference.