"Harvard-Yenching's precious books could satisfy a small exhibition of Chinese books." Shen Chin carefully lists the collection: "Woodcuts from the Sung dynasty to the present, manuscripts from the Tang to the Ming and Ching; from black and white printing to color; from copper movable type to wood movable type. Everything is there that should be to give a display of the development of ancient Chinese books."
「燕京善本書已足以辦一個小型的中國書籍展」，沈津細數館藏：「從宋朝到現代的各種木刻本，從唐代手抄經卷到明代抄本、清人手稿；從黑白印刷到彩色套版本；從銅活字本到木活字本，應有盡有，活脫脫地展示了中國古代圖書發展過程。」