Who is Mr He Pei? I have a copper ink box with inscriptions by Mr. Ding Mao and Mr. Tian.

Qin Shouzhang: Zi,No. Zhonghe, Lu Heng. People from Shanghai, Jiangsu. In the ninth year of Guangxu, there were 17 scholars in Meier who studied editing and restoration in a scattered museum. He has been a lecturer, Hunan examiner, Shuntian examiner, Fujian Jinshi, bachelor of cabinet, right assistant minister of Ministry of Industry and left assistant minister of Ministry of War. In the thirty-third year of Guangxu, he served as deputy commander-in-chief of Mongolian Yellow Banner.