1.The publication of Du Dingyou’s Library Classification on the Three Principles of the People  

In 1943, the Library of Guangdong Province published Library Classification on the Three Principles of the People (simplified version), which was written by Du Dingyou, Director of the Library of National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU).

Photo 1: Du Dingyou

Photo 2: Copy of Library Classification on the Three Principles of the People (simplified version)

2.The Department of Geography completed the political and economic maps of Guangdong Province and its counties

In March 1942, the Government of Guangdong Province commissioned the Department of Geography to compile the political and economic maps of Guangdong and its counties. By October 1943, the Department of Geography had completed 6 political and economic maps of Guangdong Province (including its administrative divisions, population, arable land, products, transportation, and grains) and 108 maps of counties in the province.

Photo 1: The Government of Guangdong Province commissioned the Department of Geography of NSYSU to compile maps of counties in Guangdong Province with a grant of 150,000 yuan (National Sun Yat-sen University Daily, 1942-3-3)

Photo 2: Report on the completion of the political and economic maps of Guangdong Province and its counties by the Department of Geography (National Sun Yat-sen University Daily, 1943-10-8)

3.The College of Law set up the Track of Judicial Studies

In February 1942, by order of the Ministry of Education, the College of Law set up the Track of Judicial Studies, with a grant of 30,000 yuan for its establishment and another 20,000 yuan for its daily operation.

Photo 1: Instruction of the Ministry of Education on establishing the Track of Judicial Studies in NSYSU (from Sun Yat-sen University Archives)

Photo 2: Curriculum of the Track of Judicial Studies

4.The establishment of an affiliated hospital in Lechang

After moving back to the north of Guangdong Province, NSYSU decided to establish an affiliated hospital in the site of Lechang Ji’an Guild Hall. However, the building could not satisfy needs, and the University spent another 570,000 yuan building an in-patient department of the hospital near the out-patient department. On November 12, 1943, the opening ceremony of the new hospital was held. The new affiliated hospital included departments of internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, dermatology, dentistry, and laboratories.

Photo 1: Opening ceremony of the new affiliated hospital (National Sun Yat-sen University Daily, 1943-11)

Photo 2: Overview of the affiliated hospital of the College of Medicine of NSYSU (excerpts) (from Sun Yat-sen University Archives)

5.The Department of Geography built the Pingshi Hydrological Station

In May 1942, days of heavy rain led to a drastic rise in water levels of Zhenjiang River and Wujiang River, causing floods in Shaoguan City. Therefore, the Shaoguan Municipal Administration commissioned the Department of Geography to build the Pingshi Hydrological Station to monitor and prevent floods. In 1943, Wu Shangshi, He Dazhang, and Luo Laixing jointly wrote “Risks and Prevention of Floods in Qujiang River” and “Water Power in Northern Guangdong”, and Luo Laixing wrote “Hydrological Study of Zhenjiang River and Wujiang River”. Weather reports were crucial for the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. For this reason, the National Government founded the Central Meteorological Bureau in 1941 to collect meteorological records from the provinces every ten days and published the National Weather Ten-day News. By 1944, only weather reports from Guangdong Province were still lacking. To rectify the situation,  the Central Meteorological Bureau asked for meteorological reports from the Pingshi Meteorological Station, which were renowned for their quality, and took them to represent the meteorological situation of Guangdong Province.

Photos 1-2: The Municipal Government of Shaoguan commissioned the Department of Geography of NSYSU to build the Pingshi Hydrological Station

Photo 3: Cover of “Risks and Prevention of Floods in Qujiang River”

Photo 4: Cover of “Hydrological Study of Zhenjiang River and Wujiang River”

Photo 5: Report on the Pingshi Hydrological Station of NSYSU by L’ Impartial (Guilin), 1944-3-2