Collector profile / 人物档案
- Names / 字号
- 字起潜，号匋誃
- Studio / 藏室
- Hezhong Library 合众图书馆
- Activity centers
- 北京、上海
- Role
- 图书馆事业家、版本目录学家、文献抢救者
Collecting focus / 主要收藏
Rare books, manuscripts, genealogies, examination records, letters, archives, and revolutionary documents
Representative holdings / 代表收藏
Nearly 300,000 volumes assembled by Hezhong Library and tens of thousands of rescued genealogies, account books, and personal papers.
Research significance
His central achievement was the systematic rescue, cataloguing, and public preservation of primary historical documents during and after wartime.
Public legacy / 公共影响
主持合众图书馆收集近三十万册古籍与近代文献并捐归国家，长期抢救家谱、朱卷、手札、档案和革命文献。