Xia, Xianjiang 夏憲講 (1904- ), 1975-1976, 1978, 1980

Consists of letters from Hsia Hsien-chiang (夏憲講), a retired engineer in Vancouver, Canada, who was a graduate of 上海南洋大學 (later renamed 交通大學) and Cornell University (MSCE 1928), to David Hawkes. Arranged chronologically.

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. April 1975. 2 sheets. Holograph, signed. On H.C. Hsia's life, education, and appreciation of volume 1 of the Story of the stone (Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. May 16, 1975. 1 aerogramme ; 32 x 18 cm folded to 10 x 18 cm. Holograph, signed. On writing letter to David Hawkes(Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. May 21, 1975. 5 sheets ; 14-28 cm. Holograph, signed. On Hsia's life and education, talking about Henry Young (楊恆), Chien Hsuah Steng, Mao-I-Seng (茅以升), 汪菊潛, and 沈昌, etc. (Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes (with calligraphy). May 21, 1975. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On Hsia's 草書 (杜工部　秋興之一), David's Story of the Stone, and Vancouver General Library (Note 2)

－Envelope from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. 1 envelope ; 10 x 21 cm. Postal stamp: 75

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. Jan. 1st, 1976. 3 sheets. Holograph, signed. On having a copy of Story of the Stone, talking about Anton Chekhov, 《徐霞客遊記》, Liang Chi Chao (梁啓超), Chen Tu Hsiu (陳獨秀), 汪菊潛, Hsu Chu Mo, Lu Hsiao Mei, and being an expert for land transportation planning (Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. Mar. 6, 1976. 5 sheets. Holograph, signed. On receiving a copy of volume 2 of Story of the Stone, replying Lao Tzu and 寶釵, outlining Mao Tse Tung, a brief history of National Defense Planning Commission, visiting China, talking about Hsia's family members, and living in Canada (Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. Mar. 22, 1976. 3 sheets. Holograph, signed. On Anglo-Saxons, Scots, English people, Yang Ch'üeh, Tu Yueh-Seng (杜月笙), Burma Road, Chinese as a racist, Alfred C.H. Tyan, discrimination of Chinese, etc. (Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. April 22, 1976. 2 sheets. Holograph, signed. On using the ritual of Kon Ton (Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. Aug. 16, 1976. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On purchasing wine for an occasion (Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. May 1, 1978. 3 sheets. Holograph, signed. On Dragon Boat Festival, David's translation, Lin Yu Tang (林語堂)、 汪菊潛、 黃育賢、 峻峰、 葉渚沛、 吳蘊, etc. (Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. June 9, 1980. 1 sheet. Holograph, signed. On Hsia's visit to London and Oxford (Note 2)

－Letter from H.C. Hsia to David Hawkes. Oct. 8, 1980. 2 sheets. Holograph, signed. On receiving a copy of volume 3 of Story of the Stone, living alone at the same suite, visiting London, translation of the last 40 chapters by Kao Ngo, and 徐來 (Note 2)