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Excuse me, in the19th century, did a wealthy American businessman run out of money and set up a Chinese department in a university because of the entrustment of China's servant before his death?
1 10 years ago, Ding Long, a China laborer who worked as a servant in the United States, donated all his savings 12000 dollars, hoping to set up a sinology department in a famous American university and spread China culture. His master Carpentier donated nearly $500,000, realizing Ding Long's wish. This Sinology Department is the East Asian Department of new york Columbia University today.

For the original text, see Qian Mu's On the History of China and A Brief Discussion on One of the Historical Figures in China. Pages 272-273. Dongda Bookstore (1975, the first phase of restoration for the National History Museum);