The collection, donated by John Wu., Jr. (Wu Shu-teh) in memory of his father, includes a variety of books, magazines, and non-book items written, translated, annotated, and autographed by Wu Jingxiong. Some of the items are related to Wu, such as a magazine article written by his son, a handwritten copy of Wu's Chinese translation of Psalms by a devotee (photocopy), and Wu's funeral program.

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The book contains letters (originally published in T'ien hsia monthly) of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, in his 80s, to Wu Jingxiong, a 22-year-old law student at the University of Michigan at the time. The "Prefatory" lists some of Wu's writings discussed in the letters.

Contains "The sorrows of estrangement, by Ch'u Yuan (B.C. 343-Circa 290): a new translation by John C. H. Wu."

Contains Wu Jingxiong's "Letter to Cistercian Studies," in which he discusses his friendship with Thomas Merton. An article by E. Glenn Hinson in this volume, "Expansive Catholicism: Merton's Ecumenical Perceptions," has annotations by Wu Shude, Wu Jingxiong's son.

Contains "Zen, its Origin and Significance," a reprint of Chapter 1 of The Golden Age of Zenby Wu Jingxiong.

This volume, published a few months before Wu Jingxiong's death in 1986, contains "Shen cang ni de dao feng he dao ren: yi dai da shi Wu Jingxiong" ["Deeply concealing your knife point and knife blade: a generation's grandmaster Wu Jingxiong"], an interview with Wu Jingxiong's son, Wu Shude, about his father. The magazine's cover has a full-size watercolor illustration of Wu Jingxiong sitting in a thoughtful pose.

Two copies. This Taiwanese magazine contains "Wu Jingxiong bo shi zhui si," a Chinese translation of Wu Shude's article (originally written in English) about the life and thought of his father, Wu Jingxiong.