Former Residence of Yan Fu
Late-life home of Yan Fu, translator of 'Evolution and Ethics' (a Qing-dynasty flower hall), with displays of his "natural selection" manuscripts
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- 08:30-17:00
- Ticket
- CNY 15 (included in combined ticket)
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
Late-life home of Yan Fu, translator of 'Evolution and Ethics' (a Qing-dynasty flower hall), with displays of his "natural selection" manuscripts. This Qing-dynasty hall-style mansion deep in Langguan Alley was where Yan Fu—Enlightenment thinker and translator of 'Evolution and Ethics'—returned to spend his final years. With translations such as "natural selection and survival of the fittest," Yan Fu awakened a generation of Chinese; the residence displays his manuscripts, editions of his translated works, and biographical materials, while the flower hall's wood carvings and courtyard layout remain well preserved. Standing in the hall where he read in his later years and looking back on the turbulent era of "national salvation" is a vivid lesson in modern Chinese intellectual history. The combined ticket covers this site; it flows best as part of the same route as the Lin Juemin residence and the Water Pavilion Stage.
Getting there: Langguan Alley
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