香港中文大學文物館藏蘇文擢教授致何叔惠先生詩文書信六冊，多寫於上世紀五十至八十年代，1997年由何叔惠先生捐贈文物館。大學圖書館今將信函翰墨整理，各附釋文與詩文本事按語，出版《海角嚶鳴：香港中文大學文物館藏蘇文擢致何叔惠函牘》，收入《香港中文大學圖書館叢書》第十種。
蘇文擢教授（1921–1997）與何叔惠先生（1919–2012）同祖籍廣東順德，系出書香望族，有三代通家之好。二人在國內出生，舊學深醇，善詩古文辭、書法，1950年移居香港，同傳道授業，初期生計維艱，時通信聯繫，相濡以沫，參加雅集，留下不少信函及唱和詩文，成為珍貴文獻。蘇教授六十年代起任教聯合書院、中大教育學院及珠海書院；何先生任教中學，講學學海書樓，並在鳳山藝文院設帳授徒，講授國學經典及書法。二人桃李滿門，著述豐富，有聲於時。本書記錄兩位宿儒的友誼、生活及身處的社會狀況，可藉以瞭解早年南來文士境遇及嶺南文化在香港的傳承。
LiteraryExchangesonthePeripheryoftheMotherland:TheCorrespondenceofSoMan-jocktoHoShok-waiCollectedbytheArtMuseumofTheChineseUniversityofHongKongcompiles,transcribes,andannotatesProfessorSoMan-jock’sletterswhichweremostlywrittenfromthe1950stothe1980s.iscollectionisinsixvolumesandwaspreviouslyownedbyMr.HoShok-wai.ThelettersweredonatedtotheArtMuseumofTheChineseUniversityofHongKong(CUHK)in1997.
ProfessorSoMan-jock(1921–1997)andMr.HoShok-wai(1919–2012)werebothnativesofShundeinGuangdongprovince.Bornintofamiliesofwell-knownConfucianscholarsintheLingnanregionwithclose,cross-generationalfriendships,bothmenwerewell-versedinChineseclassics,poetry,andproseandbothexcelledincalligraphy.TheymovedtoHongKongin1950.FacingvarioushardshipsintheirearlyyearsinHongKong,theystillmaintainedfrequentliteraryexchangesinlettersandgatherings,leavingbehindavaluablecollectionofmanuscripts,poetry,andcalligraphy—atreasuredrecordofthethoughtsoftheliteratiofSouthernChina.Fromthe1960sonwards,ProfessorSotaughtinUnitedCollege,theCUHKSchoolofEducation,andChuHaiCollege.Mr.HotaughtinsecondaryschoolswhilealsoofferingregularclassesonclassicsandcalligraphyintheHokHoiLibraryandFungShanStudy.Thus,bothmennurturedthemindsofdecadesofstudentsandenjoyedahighreputationduringtheirlivesfortheirrichwritingsontheclassics.isbookwillbeaddedtotheCUHKLibrarySeriesasUniversityLibrarySeries,No.10.ThevolumeoffersglimpsesintothelifeoftheearlyintellectualsandthehistoricheritageofLingnancultureinHongKongthroughthestudyofthetwoscholars’friendshipandlivelihood,andofHongKong’ssocialenvironmentatlarge.
