Author's Preface 5
It All Started with the Web 8
Opportunity 8
Appreciation 12
Research 15
A Lifetime of Portraiture 19
Life Overseas 20
The Late Qing Years 24
Early Years of the Republic of China 28
The War Years 33
The Days of New China 37
The Ye Family 46
A Life Portrayed in Standing and Sitting 53
1901,1906 55
1907-1911 56
1912-1940 66
1941-1948 124
1949-1951 140
1952 146
1953-1968 148
Ye Jinglü,the Righteous Man in My Eyes 182
Thoughts on Ye Jinglü's Portrait Photographs—a Discussion on Conceptual Art 189
Acknowledgements 203
Author's Profile 206