Li Ta-chao 李大釗 T. Shou-ch'ang 守常 Li Ta-chao (1889-28 April 1927), founding member of the Chinese Communist party who, as librarian and professor at Peking University, strongly influenced the youth of China at the time of the May Fourth Movement. He was the principal director of Communist organizational and propaganda activities in north China until […]
Chiang T'ing-fu (7 December 1895-9 October 1965), known as T. F. Tsiang, scholar and diplomat. After teaching diplomatic history at Nankai (1923-29) and Tsinghua (1929-35) universities, he became ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1936. After February 1938 he served as director of the political department of the Executive Yuan. He was named permanent representative […]
Chiang Meng-lin (1886-18 June 1964), known as Chiang Monlin, educator. He served as dean (1919) and acting chancellor (1923-27) of Peking University and as minister of education in the National Government (1928-30). He then returned to Peking as chancellor of the university (1931-45). From 1948 to 1964 he was chairman of the Joint Commission on […]
Huang Lu-yin (1898-13 May 1934), writer whose short stories and novels enjoyed great popularity after 1925. Many of her writings depicted young Chinese in their search for new standards and values during the May Fourth era. A native of Fukien, Huang Lu-yin was born into a gentry family. On the day of her birth, her […]
Huang K'an T. Chi-kang m Huang K'an (1886-8 October 1935), philologist and poet, noted for his studies of the Wen-hsin tiao-lung of Liu Hsieh and the Jih-chih-lu of Ku Yen-wu. Ch'ich'un, Hupeh, was the birthplace of Huang K'an. He was the youngest son of Huang Yun-ku, the salt and tea intendant, and later the acting […]
Hung Shen (1893-29 August 1955), plav-wright, director, and drama critic. He used Western techniques in his stage productions and played an important part in the development of sound films in China. After 1949 he was prominent in cultural administration at Peking, and he served as vice chairman of the Chinese Stage Artists. A native of […]
Ku Chieh-kang (1895-), a professor and historian known for his critically analytic investigations of Chinese antiquity. His best known work, the Ku-shih pien [discussions on Chinese ancient history], was published in seven volumes between 1926 and 1941. Born into a scholarly Soochow family, Ku Chieh-kang was exposed to the study of classical texts at a […]
Ku Hung-ming (1857-30 April 1928), European-educated scholar and long-time subordinate of Chang Chih-tung who was known as a trenchant critic of the Westernization of China and a staunch defender of traditional Confucian values. The ancestors of Ku Hung-ming had come from T'ungan, Fukien, near Amoy. However, his family had resided for generations before his birth […]
Ko Kung-chen (16 October 1890-22 October 1935), editor of the Shanghai newspapers Shih-pao and Shun-pao and historian ofjournalism. Tungt'ai, Kiangsu, a small town near Shanghai, was the birthplace of Ko Kung-chen. He received a primary education in the Chinese classics at a clan school which had been established by his great-aunt. At the age of […]
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 […]
