Shu Hsin-ch'eng (5 July 1893-1960), editor and publisher. He was best known as the chief editor of the famous encyclopedic dictionary Tz'u-hai, published by the Chung-hua Book Company in 1936. Born at Hsüp'u, Hunan, Shu Hsin-ch'eng came from a long line of impoverished tenant farmers. His father had been to school for a few years […]