Chinese reformer’s writings to be auctioned  

最大宗梁启超档案将拍卖 近千文物底价五千万

包括信札、手稿、书籍、家具等950余件梁启超档案将于12月在北京公开拍卖，拍卖形式上不会进行整体拍卖，总的底价在5000万元人民币。北京匡时拍卖公司在17日的“南长街54号藏梁氏重要档案新闻发布会”上宣布这一讯息。

Beijing (CNS) -- A large collection of relics related to an important Chinese scholar and reformist during the late Qing Dynasty and early Chinese Republic will be auctioned in December.

More than 950 items, including letters, manuscripts, books and furniture, that belonged to Liang Qichao at his former residence at No.54 Nanchang Street will be auctioned at a base price of 50 million yuan (US$7.92 million), the Beijing Council International Auction Company announced on Monday.

The majority of Liang's cultural relics have been donated to the National Library of China and the China First Historical Archives, but this batch of literature and other materials is the largest available on the market, said Xie Xiaodong, deputy general manager of the auction firm.

The literature includes 287 letters between Liang and major politicians during the Republic of China, including Kang Youwei, Yuan Shikai, Feng Guozhang and Sun Chuanfang, added Xie.