The United Library was completed in 1941, with a total of 220,000 donated books, rich in books, many categories, "Among them, celebrity manuscripts and famous schools are fine copy, no less than the "Eastern" collection" (Zhang Yuanji). Under the auspices of Gu Tinglong, the United Library soon became a gathering place for Shanghai cultural celebrities after the Oriental Library.
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The United Library was completed in 1941, with a total of 220,000 donated books, rich in books, many categories, "Among them, celebrity manuscripts and famous schools are fine copy, no less than the "Eastern" collection" (Zhang Yuanji). Under the auspices of Gu Tinglong, the United Library soon became a gathering place for Shanghai cultural celebrities after the Oriental Library.
On the corner of Fumin Road, Changle Road, opposite the Triangle Garden, a very distinctive old building, which is quite large in size and is indeed suitable for a library. The United Library of that year was also famous, Gu Tinglong and Zhang Yuanji were the founders. Later became a newspaper distribution company, now a part of the restoration into a bookstore, but it is very general, unfortunately such a good location, so a story.