Seventy-six years ago today, on March 25, 1949 (February 26, 1949), He Kongcai, a citizen of Peiping, donated 100,000 volumes of books that had been in his family's collection for 200 years to the Peiping Library. He Kongcai He Kongcai (1903-1952) was named Peixin, with the character Kong Cai, the name Tianyou, and the pen name He Yong. Wuqiang from Hebei. Moved to Peiping in 1926. When he was young, he learned ancient Chinese from his grandfather. Later, he studied literature under Wu Beijiang as his teacher, learned calligraphy from Qin Shusheng, and learned seal carving from Qi Baishi. Qi Baishi once prefaced He Kongcai's print collection, praising He for "dispelling sorrows, poetry and wine are too credit, and the wind of the turbid age flows out of the old home. It is even more strange that the carving is engraved into a stunt, Later, he inscribed an inscription on his print collection, "Shang also gave Yu Yu a wish to fulfill, and a strong husband pitied you for your eunuch feelings. An expert can do it today, but it is difficult to do it, and he has not dared to return when he saw Xiangshan Mountain. He Sheng's knife and brush have won Kunwu, and the cut jade is like mud. Small skills should not be from white stone, ruthless or not to admire the southern fox. Kong Cairendi has already made blue out of blue, and Bingyin and Ding Mao have published a total of six copies in two years. After the evaluation, I will return to the title" (according to the above-mentioned "Bingyin and Ding Mao" for 1926 and 1927). He has served as secretary of the Beijing Municipal Government, member of the Beiping Antiquities Appraisal Committee, associate professor of the Department of Sinology of China University, and compiled by the Tongzhi Museum of Hebei Province and the National The He family built a library by the Jishuitan in Beiping in 1931. In April 1949, he collected 12,768 books and 5,371 cultural relics collected by the family since the Jiaqing period of Qianlong, including Yuan engraved copies of "Tang Yin", "Zhu Zi Daquan", Ming engraved copies of "Yuan Wen", "Ying Shi", "Tang Wenxue", "Zhou Li", "University Derivatives", "Yin Hejing Collection" and "Baichuan Xuehai" and other orphan copies. Donated to Beiping Library and History Museum respectively. The Beiping Military Control Commission issued a general order commendation for this purpose: "After the liberation, Mr. He Kongcai donated all his books and cultural relics twice to the people's Beiping Library and History Museum, with a total of 12,768 books and 5,371 cultural relics. Mr. He is loyal to the cause of the people, turning private collections into public ownership, and first advocating righteous deeds. He is a model of sufficient funds. This association specially commends him." After the founding of New China, he served as the director of the Office of the Cultural Relics Administration of the Ministry of Culture. He is the author of "Tianyou Room Written Series", "Tanxi Bookstore Poetry Banknotes", "Say Printing" and so on.