{"id":648,"date":"2026-04-13T19:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/?post_type=exhibit&#038;p=648"},"modified":"2026-05-10T01:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:26:20","slug":"family-education-background","status":"publish","type":"exhibit","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/exhibits\/john-lee-1935\/family-education-background\/","title":{"rendered":"John Lee&#8217;s Family Background"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"870\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-09-at-9.24.59\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3260\" style=\"width:352px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-09-at-9.24.59\u202fPM.png 870w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-09-at-9.24.59\u202fPM-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/files\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-09-at-9.24.59\u202fPM-768x846.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo of young John Lee and his mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Lee&nbsp;was born into a family that placed a strong emphasis on education. His mother attended&nbsp;Jinling Women\u2019s College&nbsp;(\u91d1\u9675\u5973\u5b50\u5927\u5b66), one of the earliest institutions for higher education for women in China, while his father studied at&nbsp;University of Shanghai&nbsp;(\u6caa\u6c5f\u5927\u5b66). This intellectual and academic environment played a formative role in shaping his values and lifelong commitment to learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo of young John Lee and his mother. John Lee&nbsp;was born into a family that placed a strong emphasis on education. His mother attended&nbsp;Jinling Women\u2019s College&nbsp;(\u91d1\u9675\u5973\u5b50\u5927\u5b66), one of the earliest institutions for higher education for women in China, while his father studied at&nbsp;University of Shanghai&nbsp;(\u6caa\u6c5f\u5927\u5b66). This intellectual and academic environment played a formative role in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":394,"menu_order":0,"template":"","institution":[],"place":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibit"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3262,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/648\/revisions\/3262"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibit\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"institution","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/institution?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/colby-and-china-ea333\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/place?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}