Chu K'o-chen (1890-), known as Coching Chu, meteorologist, became president of National Chekiang University, director of the institute of meteorology of the Academia Sinica, and president of the China Meteorological Society. After 1 949 he served in Peking as a vice president of the Academy of Sciences. Shaohsing, Chekiang, was the birthplace of Coching Chu. […]

Chao Yuen-ren (1892-), known as Y. R. Chao, internationally known linguist. Originally concentrating on phonology, he made the first detailed recordings of major dialect areas in China, establishing the research framework for such studies. In the United States, his work covered a wide range of linguistic topics, including the application of modern linguistic methods to […]

Hsu Chih-mo (1896-19 November 1931), poet. His poetic experiments in form, nieter, and theme and his essays increased Chinese understanding and awareness of Western poetry and of the potentialities of the modern Chinese language. Hsiashih, Chekiang, was the birthplace of Hsü Chih-mo. His father, Hsü Shen-ju, was a prominent banker and a friend of the […]

Mei Kuang-ti (22 January 1890-27 December 1945), scholar and editor of the conservative literary journal Hsueh-heng [the critical review]. Though a pioneer in the introduction of Western literature to China, he was an uncompromising opponent of the Chinese literary movements of the 1920's. He taught Chinese at Harvard University from 1924 to 1936. Hsuancheng, Anhwei, […]

Lo Ch'ang-p'ei (9 August 1899-13 December 1958), scholar and educator who was known for his researches on historical phonology and Chinese dialects. After 1949 he was director of the institute of linguistics and philology of the Academy of Sciences at Peking. Born in Peking, Lo Ch'ang-p'ei came from a family of Manchurian origin. The family […]

Lin Yü-t'ang (1895-), scholar, writer, and journalist. In the 1930's he was a leader of the movements to use social satire and to adapt Western newspaper prose to Chinese journalism. Beginning with the publication in 1935 of My Country and My People, he established an international reputation as a writer of popular books in English […]

Liu Fu (1891-14 July 1934), teacher, linguist, and man of letters. A devoted student of Chinese language and literature, he was an early advocate of the pai-hua [vernacular] movement. His writings proved that he was a master of the new literary style as well as an able theorist. Born in Chiangyin, Kiangsu, Liu Fu came […]

Li Fang-kuei (20 August 1902-), anthropologist and linguist whose scholarly interests ranged from the study of Archaic and Ancient Chinese to the languages and cultures of American Indian tribes. Although his native place was Hsiyang, Shansi, Li Fang-kuei was born in Canton. He was the fifth child of Li Kuang-yü, an expectant taot'ai who had […]

Fu Ssu-nien T. Meng-chen Fu Ssu-nien (26 March 1896-20 December 1950), was a leader in the May Fourth Movement who became a historian and an administrator of historical scholarship. He organized the Academia Sinica's institute of history and philology and served as its director for more than 20 years. He acted as director of the […]

Ch'en Yin-k'o 陳寅恪 (1890-), internationally known sinologist, produced many important works on early medieval Chinese history and on relations between the Chinese empire and neighboring areas beginning in 420. After long association with Tsinghua University and with the Academia Sinica's institute of history and philology, Ch'en was appointed to the chair of Chinese at Oxford […]