东山寓所：战时重建的见证与林业救国的实践

The Dongshan Residence: A Hub of Post-War Reconstruction

1937年，凌道扬出任广东省建设厅农林局局长，其时居于广州东山新河浦培正路7号。

In 1937, Ling Daoyang assumed the role of Director of the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, residing at No. 7 Peizheng Road in Guangzhou’s Dongshan district.

这座寓所是两层高的米黄色洋房，立面采用“意大利批荡”拉毛处理，一侧设有弧形阳台，另一侧为凸六边形结构，融合了民国时期岭南建筑的实用性与西洋美学特质，成为东山洋楼群中独具辨识度的地标。

His two-story mansion, featuring a distinctive cream-colored stucco façade with a curved balcony and hexagonal protrusion, exemplified the fusion of Lingnan practicality and Western architectural aesthetics. During the Anti-Japanese War, Ling orchestrated agricultural rehabilitation plans from this residence.

抗战期间，凌道扬在此筹划广东农林复兴计划，并于1945年后担任联合国善后救济总署广东分署署长，主导粮食分配、农具供应与灾后防疫工作，协助恢复战后广东的农业生产与社会秩序。

As Director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) Guangdong Office post-1945, he spearheaded famine relief, epidemic control, and agricultural tool distribution, revitalizing Guangdong’s war-torn economy.

寓所不仅是凌道扬的居所，更是其学术与实践的交汇点。他早年以“森林救国”为志，推动中国首部《森林法》制定，并倡议设立植树节，将林业视为抵御水旱灾害、振兴国力的根本。

The residence also served as an intellectual hub. Ling, a staunch advocate of “forestry saving the nation,” had earlier drafted China’s first Forestry Law and established Arbor Day, viewing ecological stewardship as vital to national resilience.

在东山寓所期间，他结合广东地理特点，推广经济林木种植，如油桐、樟树等，并推动水土保持技术，为华南农业可持续发展奠定基础。其寓所的书房中，至今仍存有他亲撰的《中国农业之经济观》手稿，书中强调“治林即治国”，将生态治理与社会重建紧密相连。

In Guangdong, he promoted cash crops like tung oil trees and camphor trees, integrating soil conservation techniques to combat erosion—a legacy documented in his manuscript Perspectives on China’s Agricultural Economy, which emphasized “governing forests as governing the nation”.