Step back into the 1940s: Dutch diplomat and Orientalist Robert van Gulik—better known to his Chinese friends as “Gao Luopei”—poses with his wife, Shui Shifang, both radiant in traditional Chinese attire.
She was no ordinary partner: the daughter of a Qing dynasty imperial
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Step back into the 1940s: Dutch diplomat and Orientalist Robert van Gulik—better known to his Chinese friends as “Gao Luopei”—poses with his wife, Shui Shifang, both radiant in traditional Chinese attire.
She was no ordinary partner: the daughter of a Qing dynasty imperial mandarin, she bridged two worlds as gracefully as he did. Van Gulik, then secretary of the Dutch mission in wartime Chongqing, immersed himself in Chinese culture not as a visitor, but as a devoted student. Their love story—East meets West, ancient meets modern-is as captivating as the robes they wear.
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